Where to put unattend.xml when using create task sequence media

Question

SCCM 2012 R2.
I created a capture task sequence media to a flash drive. I noticed the capture media does run sysprep even though it is not located on the flash drive. Where do I put my customized unattend.xml for sysprep? Does it go in c:\sysprep 
There is no documentation on this that I can find.

Answer 1

sysprep doesn't use an unattend.xml file so you don't put it anywhere. You supply a custom unattend.xml during the deployment task sequence which in turn is delivered as part of the TS for use by WIndows Setup (which is what actually uses an unattend.xml
file). Task Sequence media has nothing to do with sysprep either. I think you may be confusing sysprep with Windows mini-setup. sysprep is the process of generalizing a system generally preparing it to be captured. Windows mini-setup is what runs the first
time a syspreped system is booted. They are two different things.
You *can* place an unattend.xml file the image for use by Windows mini-setup -- the locations mini-setup will look for this file are detailed at
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749415(v=WS.10).aspx . But that is rarely done anymore with task sequences because you generally want to dynamically inject an unattend.xml
file into the process instead of statically placing one in the image -- that defeats the purpose of having a generic reference image. This is done by configuring the Apply Windows step in a deployment task sequence.
Still, that begs the question posed by narcoticoo. Your reference image(s) should be hardware agnostic, built on a VM, and automated. What you are doing will cause you pain in the long run.
Jason | http://blog.configmgrftw.com | @jasonsandys