Will my 4-pin Firewire cable work?

I've jsut bought a new iMac and want to transfer data from my old one.
The old Mac is 24" Late 2006 model and has two different Firewire ports - I think one is 9 pin and the other 6 pin.
The new iMac has the the smaller 6 pin port.
I've just been to buy a suitable FW cable and have got a 4-pin one. (I'm at work and was unable to double-check the ports on the machine.
I understand that on a 6-pin cable, 2 of the pins are for power, not data, which suggests I don't need them for this data transfer.
Will this cable work? Will it even physically fit?
Thanks

You need a cable like:
http://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-F017-006-Firewire-Hi-speed/dp/B000AAZQLI/ref=sr _1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343825119&sr=8-1&keywords=firewire+400+to+800+cable
You can find these at your local computer store, Radio Shack, Best Buy, or of course Amazon.

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