Question about Cyclone V SX PCIE as End Point

Thanks. So with a PCIe Male to Male adaptor, we can use Cyclone V SX SocFPGA as PCIe end point, right?

For https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/products/boards_and_kits/dev-kits/altera/kit-cyclone-v-gt.html, does it use the same SW as Cyclone V SX board? I don't see it has SD card slot, can we boot Linux from Sd card?

Thanks