Like Daniel said, use a VM for building your reference image. Then you import your drivers into ConfigMgr so that the appropriate drivers are injected dynamically during the TS. If you capture an image with drivers in it and need to update to a new driver for a particular device you would have to recapture your base image.
There are several philosophies on OSD with regard to using a base image, a hybrid image or a thick image. A base image would more or less just be the OS with updates injected/captured. A hybrid image would likely add software that is common to all machines like plugins and viewer/players, while a thick image would contain installed software like Office, AutoCad, etc. A thick image can be quicker to deploy but requires more maintenance and with larger images takes longer to build and capture, etc. Hybrid images balances things out a bit more where you have software installing during the Task Sequence this gives you flexibility to make changes to what the end result of image process looks like without having to do another build/capture each time, the deployment time will likely be a bit longer. A base OS image would obviously then have all software installing during the TS and take a bit longer still. As to which method you should use, the answer to that is: It depends. You have to figure out for your environment what an acceptable, image deployment time is versus the difficulty of maintaining your images. Real world example, we use a base image with just windows updates, .net installed (plus updates) and deploy everything else during the TS, including Office 2010. Our image deployment times are well under an hour (about 30-40 min on average). This is sufficient for a staging area building 100+ machines per day. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Schlichting Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 12:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mssms] RE: Distribution point questin Well, In my particular case.. I’m kind of hoping for that.. I have several of the same make/model laptops, and my hope was to get a single “reference” image made for them, so I can copy to the rest of them, hopefully speeding up deployment. Then if I need to re-image one.. I Have a starting point. The theory was to get one setup with the required software, and up to the current patch level.. but I’m also rather new to imaging and OS deploying options, so if I’m barking up the wrong tree, feel free to point out errors in my plans! ☺ -Rob. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Ratliff Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 10:05 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] RE: Distribution point questin I would also add that you need to use a VM to build your reference image. Think about all the drivers that are baked into your image because you are using physical hardware. Daniel Ratliff From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Schlichting Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 11:53 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] RE: Distribution point questin Well.. that was simple enough! Thanks Justin, that did it! From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Justin Chalfant Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 9:49 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] RE: Distribution point questin Make sure your boot image you selected has been distributed to a DP. Thanks, Justin Chalfant Premier Field Engineer – Configuration Manager Public Sector Microsoft Services Tel : (303) 846-2701 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> If you have any feedback about my work, please let either myself or my manager Rusty Gray know at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Schlichting Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 9:11 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] Distribution point questin Hello, I am trying to get a OS setup captured from a reference laptop I setup, and was attempting to do a task sequence to capture the media When I get to the part for selecting the Distribution point, I have no options available to choose, so I’m assuming I’ve missed something the SCCM setup for the distribution points (I only have 1 distribution point to choose), and it is working fine with all the other items I’m pushing out. 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