Cannot connect my powerbook G4 with my MacBook Pro for filesharing

I was wondering if anyone knew the problem was if when i used MIGRATION ASSISTANT between the two computers and the G4 was not reading on the MacBook Pro. Is there something wrong with my computer or is there some way to fix this?
When I held down the T button to restart and connect the two, nothing happened.

Hi peawok
Can you clarify what it is that you're doing?
Are you rebooting the Powerbook, holding down T from the moment the screen goes black until (and if) you see the Firewire symbol on its screen? Do you see the symbol?
Or are you doing the above for the Macbook?
If you do see the symbol, and you've connected the two with a Firewire cable, do you see the drive of one computer appear on the other's desktop? If not, have you tried a different cable?
If you're just doing this for filesharing purposes, is there a reason why you can't use an ethernet/wireless network (and use Personal File Sharing under System Preferences - Sharing)?
Matt

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