| Boot CD/USB | Operating system | Boot stage #1 | Boot stage #2 | Boot stage #3 | Filesystems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiren's Boot CD | MS-DOS v7.1 | floppy emulation with CD-ROM drivers | full CD | FAT | |
| Knoppix | Linux(debian) | ISOLINUX | initrd | ...? | FAT(?), cloop |
| Ultimate Boot CD | ? | SYSLINUX | MEMDISK | ? | ? |
| various user-friendly bootable-USB-stick makers | SYSLINUX |