Connecting Computers using Firewire

I have one Mac Book and one MAC G5. I want to connect both Mac using firewife.
So, I would like to know whet is the exact procedure to connect both Mac after connecting firewire cable and I also would like to know how to connect by clicking option "Target Disk Mode" under "Startup Disk".
I connected PC with Mac G5 using firewire, but it doesn't work when I try to connect by clicking option "Target Disk Mode" under "Startup Disk". When I restarted my Mac, it does not start using PC 'C' Drive.
I really appreciate your help.
Thanks.

So, I would like to know whet is the exact procedure to connect both Mac after connecting firewire cable and I also would like to know how to connect by clicking option "Target Disk Mode" under "Startup Disk".
With both Macs connected with a FireWire cable, start up one machine with the T key held down, or use the Target Disk Mode option, or use the Network pane of System Preferences to set up FireWire networking. You should then be able to access one Mac's hard drive on the other computer.
I connected PC with Mac G5 using firewire, but it doesn't work when I try to connect by clicking option "Target Disk Mode" under "Startup Disk".
That option may or may not work with a PC depending on the PC's configuration.
When I restarted my Mac, it does not start using PC 'C' Drive.
A G5 cannot start up into Windows. FireWire Target Disk mode makes the hard drive available without starting up the Mac from anything.
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Do your old Mac AND your new Mac currently connect to the same "hub" or router for Internet access? The connection can be wired or wireless. If so, they can (probably) already be connected using File Sharing to transfer files.
On the iMac G4 running Tiger (10.4), open System Preferences Sharing pane. Check the box for Personal File Sharing and click the Start button over to the right. Note the Computer Name that is shown in that window.
On the new Mac, open a Finder window. In the sidebar, look under SHARED. If the iMac G4 (with Computer Name noted above) is listed there, you can do File Sharing. Select it in the sidebar. Over to the right, click on Connect As. In the window that comes up, enter the user name and password for your user account on the iMac G4, and click Connect. You should see some "sharepoints." At this point, you can go into anyone of those locations (on the iMac G4) like it was your local hard drive, and copy files to your new Mac.
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I got an iMac and a macbook and I would like to transfer files across both computers using firewire, as I heard its super fast? Much faster than transferring over my airport network.
Any ideas how to do this?
Thanks

Firewire is fast (400mbits/sec) but the Ethernet in all new Apple Hardware is even faster (1000mbits/sec).
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bwhit:
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
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I'm sorry, but you didn't say what you tried. I mentioned two things. One works, one does not work:
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2. Does not work: Hold T key on Intel Mac at startup and connect to PowerPC Mac.
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-And although it seems like a fault on Apple´s side too, I can´t speak very highly on the FW410 box either. Every time I do an update on my system, the 410 install gets messed up (won´t show devices in AudioMidiSetup, the only cure is to uninstall and re-install).
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©2000-2006 Intech Software Corp.
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4 KBytes 1.180 MB/Sec 1.508 MB/Sec 5.098 MB/Sec 2.239 MB/Sec
8 KBytes 2.766 MB/Sec 4.846 MB/Sec 5.250 MB/Sec 1.800 MB/Sec
16 KBytes 4.021 MB/Sec 5.766 MB/Sec 6.880 MB/Sec 3.325 MB/Sec
32 KBytes 3.830 MB/Sec 3.511 MB/Sec 5.762 MB/Sec 3.593 MB/Sec
64 KBytes 6.835 MB/Sec 6.708 MB/Sec 6.469 MB/Sec 6.994 MB/Sec
128 KBytes 6.364 MB/Sec 7.496 MB/Sec 6.688 MB/Sec 7.148 MB/Sec
256 KBytes 7.323 MB/Sec 7.776 MB/Sec 7.152 MB/Sec 7.322 MB/Sec
512 KBytes 7.247 MB/Sec 7.411 MB/Sec 7.326 MB/Sec 7.296 MB/Sec
1024 KBytes 7.412 MB/Sec 7.569 MB/Sec 7.445 MB/Sec 6.772 MB/Sec
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30 MBytes 7.281 MB/Sec 8.105 MB/Sec
40 MBytes 7.474 MB/Sec 7.830 MB/Sec
50 MBytes 6.435 MB/Sec 8.081 MB/Sec
60 MBytes 7.493 MB/Sec 8.015 MB/Sec
70 MBytes 6.570 MB/Sec 7.938 MB/Sec
80 MBytes 7.401 MB/Sec 7.741 MB/Sec
90 MBytes 7.499 MB/Sec 6.808 MB/Sec
100 MBytes 7.341 MB/Sec 6.808 MB/Sec
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