"I can place then there by simply copying them from a motherboard cd for the machine I want to deploy to."
No, you will need to import them via the Ghost Boot Wizard or the 'Manage Drivers' button in the DeployAnywhere task tab in the Ghost console.
DA will run a minisetup to handle any critical drivers that are missing, but that should be transparent to you. Just select 'DeployAnywhere' as a task step