Migrating Data to New iMac

I am unable to migrate data andsettings from my old iBook G4 to m new iMac.
I am using Migration Assistant. The iBook restarts in target disk mode without problem.
The iMac, however, doesn't seem to recognize the iBook as a mounted disk. Migration Assistant on the iMac has the "Continue" button on the "Restart Your Old Mac" window grayed out.
Both computers are running 10.4.10.
All cables except the firewire and the iMac keyboard are disconnected from the computers.
I've tried restarting the iMac after the iBook goes into target disk mode but still encounter the same problem.
Since the iBook goes into target disk mode without problem, this doesn't seem like an "Open Firmware Password" proble.
I've read articles 58583 and 2333 but didn't find anything there to explain or solve the problem.
Thanks in advance.

I signed up for the 60 day free trial of .mac and synched my address book/mail/calendar settings and my Safari bookmark through that. Mail still has to go through the process of "learning" what is junk mail, but other than that everything came across fine. After you sign up for .mac, go to System Preferences on your OLD computer and pick .mac in the Internet/Network pane. When that comes up the second choice in the bar across the top is SYNC. Go there and pick addresses, bookmarks... whatever. Click sync and your info goes out onto their servers in the sky. Next log into .mac on you NEW computer and go to System Preferences and sync the same selections in .mac there. The info should pass on to your new computer.
It's been long enough since I did this that I may be leaving out a minor detail but it was really easy and pretty fool-proof. I think it asked me which direction I wanted to save information so that I didn't accidentally wipe out my OLD computer with the blank data from the NEW computer.
I hope this works for you!
Susan
Message was edited by: Susan from Dallas

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