Leopard server to Mavericks

What's the easiest way to move from an old G4 running 10.5.8 server to MacMini with Mavericks 10.9.1 running OSX Server  v 3. Migration assistant said it couldn't migrate from  the g4 system disk when mounted using target disk mode.

Export the plist file from server admin.app and then import the file using the terminal command
sudo serveradmin settings dhcp < dhcp.backup
the same command can be used to export the plist file for dhcp
sudo serveradmin settings dhcp > dhcp.backup
it should preserve the static clients list and import them into the new server.
More info here:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/5054311#5054311
Goodluck!
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