Can't get past step 2 of Migration Assistant

I am trying to transfer files from my iMac to new iBook via firewire, TDM. When I select the User in Step 1 (Me), and select Migrate Files and Folders in Step 2, continuing on to Step 3 never shows a volume to choose from. I can'c continue from there, the button is greyed out.
It says at the bottom in red that there is -13.5GB space remaining, so I am assuming this is the problem. I think it thinks I want me entire iMac transferred, because there is nothing on the iBook yet. I've only been using my mac for a year so I am still not sure of everything.
Mainly, I want to transfer some iPhoto albums, iTunes, and iCal. I tried dragging some programs from the iMac Target Disk to the same app in the iBook but it didn't show up. I am not sure what file to pull over for the iTunes music and likewise for the photo's. I was hoping Migration Assistant was going to walk me through it.

Yes, I figured it would take awhile to burn, but like I said before, the burning icon stops moving after a long while, that's when I check it's status, and it tells me that "idvd is not responding"...
And yes, after I got this dvd burner installed, now I can see that Patchburn program on my desktop, although, I'm not quite sure if I need to do anything on it since the idvd is reading the burner...
And about my project,
well, my project involves 6 short videos...
and all combined they are most definitely less than 60 minutes...
(all combined they are about 30 minutes, at the most.)
They were created in Final Cut and then I exported each of the 6 videos as Quicktime files then saved them in a folder specifically for them...
that way, I thought, I could just import them from idvd straight from that file without any confusion or problem...
Also, I don't know if this would matter or not, but I have Final Cut 2, and that program is on the system 9, (so I have to restart my computer to get there of course) so after I do all the importing and exporting on Final Cut and save my quicktime files in the folder and such on the system 9, I then restart my computer back to the system 10, and from there I fixed up my idvd project(like the menus and music and such) and then I imported my quicktime files on to my project...
so my question is, would the whole different system thing be what's causing the problem?
Should I make my videos as quicktime files on the system 10 instead of the sys 9?
Also, as I mentioned before...I installed another internal hard drive...
and I'm saving all my videos, quicktime files, and my idvd project on there...
does it matter that I'm saving it all on the "extra" hard drive?
or do I have to work out of the original one?
(I know this may be a stupid question, but I'm just trying to ask everything that I was thinking could be the problem)
-Cece-

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