Can't transfer files to my New iMac!

Just got by brand spanking new iMac Intel 20" today. I have a iMac G4 flat panel. I started up the new mac, connect it to my old machine through a firewire cable, restarted the old machine into firewire mode (holding down T) and began the process. About halfway through and both machines froze up. I rebooted each machine and tried again.... two more times. Same result.
Please help! Don't wanna have to drag two machines to the Apple Store!

When you do this kind of migration it is different than the past. In the past it was PPC OS X to PPC OS X. But this transfer is PPC OS X to Universal OS X.
I think folks have been more successful with limited transfers and maybe in smaller batches. I suggest doing a migration of just your use account first; personal data and settings. Then after you know that the new user account is up and running go to Apps/Utilities (on the new computer) and open the Migration Assistant again and transfer your photo collection. After you know that the photos are transfered successfully do it again and transfer your music collection, then your video collection, etc.
I would not transfer program software at all. I would do fresh installs of each program from the software CD/DVD and make sure that I know it has installed successfully and that it runs with no conflicts, one program at a time. There are some known conflicts. Do not install Version Cue from Adobe CS2. If you install Adobe Acrobat, immediately download and install the recently issued update from Adobe. Don't transfer any Apple apps. You shouldn't need to because everything from the PPC OS X Tiger 10.4 has been written and installed on the new Mac in Universal OS X Tiger 10.4.
It may take a little longer, but so does all this grief and trouble shooting when we try to go too fast with too much and it fails.
JMHO

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