File transfer from eMac to new iMac

I plan on transferring files from my eMac (10.4.11) to the new iMac with mountain Lion. Since the new Mac doesn't have a firewire port, here is my plan:
1) buy a 400 to 800 firewire adapter cable
2) buy a 800 firewire to thunderbolt cable
3) daisychain them and run migration assistant with the eMac in target disk mode
Will this work?

If your old iMac has Firewire, you can use the migration assistant that comes with the new iMac described in this article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25773
If your old iMac has no Firewire, networking the two machines has differing instructions depending on which operating system is installed on the old iMac. What's the newest operating system you have installed on the iMac G3, if this is the case?
Speaking of operating systems, the iMac G5 does not come with Mac OS 9 preinstalled. Nor is it able to boot into Mac OS 9. However, on its installation disks is a program to "restore" Mac OS 9 so that it can be used in Mac OS X's "Classic" environment. The Classic environment allows most Mac OS 9 applications to work, though many drivers that previously worked under Mac OS 9 may not work within the Classic environment for specific peripherals, and graphics drivers for specific games. If you were only using Mac OS 9 previously, you may want to keep around the iMac G3 for those Mac OS 9 applications that don't work in Classic. One of these three articles explains how to load the Mac OS 9 system folder from the iMac G5 disks:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106294
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42929
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86775
I'm not sure which one is appropriate.

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