Booting an .iso from another computer using FireWire

I currently have two computers joined by a FireWire;
- A MacMini (Leopard)
- A MacBook (Tiger)
On my MacMini I have an .iso file that I want to be able to boot on startup via FireWire, how do I go about doing this?
Thanks very much for the help in advance!

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
"Tip: FireWire Target Disk Mode works on internal ATA drives only. Target Disk Mode only connects to the master ATA drive on the Ultra ATA bus. It will not connect to Slave ATA, ATAPI or SCSI drives."
I don't think the target computer can mount an .iso and make it available as a Startup Disc via FW target disk mode.
You might be able to share a mounted .iso as a Volume over a LAN, but I am not sure about booting to a network volume.
Your best bet would be to use a dedicated bootable external FW drive to boot from. Take a look at the OWC Neptune drives, they are pretty reasonable.

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