Much effort has been completed in this area to more fully support system integrity both at boot time and install time. Both installers tc-install.tcz, tc-grub4dos.tcz, and starterpacks have been upgraded to support installing the tce infrastructure when stored on an ISO.
I have also lifted the restriction for boot time loading from tce on iso starting with v3.8rc3 or newer. Also starting with v3.8rc3 multicore.iso has been changed from using ram hungry starter packs to instead using individual regular extensions via named lists specified in the boot loader. This lowers the ram required substantially when additional installation or network tools are needed from multicore.iso.
Starter packs will still be offered for users needing convenient access to these various tools collections.