Building an image for multiple types of Macs...

I need to build images for iMac G3 500's, iMac G4's, eMacs, & 400 Mhz G4 Towers. My question is this...
Using OS 10.3 or 10.4, can I build an image on one of these machines that will have all of the appropriate drivers, software, etc. to distribute to all of them? Or... are there specific items installed during the OS install for some machines and not others?

Contradictory evidence exists whether or not you can really build one unique image for use for all of those machines. One interesting factor here is you say 10.3 or 10.4. Those operating systems can not really be run from one image simultaneously.
In addition, some G4 400 Mhz towers are incapable of target disk mode or being used as the source for a migration assistant transfer. These two articles tell you which those are:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58418
Assuming you have license for Mac OS X for all the machines there, I suggest building a by model base of a partition you can import to each machine from several external hard drives.
The migration assistant after installing Mac OS X on a specific machine can help simplify how many partitions you need to create:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25773
You just install the operating system and it will import data using the migration assistant.
Now the migration assistant will import data from a 10.3 machine to a 10.4 machine, but you can't do vice versa.

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