Migration assistant aborts part way through. Why?

I just bought a new MacBook Pro (Lion) and am trying to transfer my old Mac (10.5) to my new. Here is what I have done:
- turned off wifi on both computers
- connected them using an ethernet cable
- closed all programs on both computers
- opened Migration Assistant on both
- set the new computer to "from another Mac"
- set the old computer to "to another Mac"
- initiated the process once both computers recognized each other
The migration starts perfectly and moves along just fine...and then stops. I have tried this a number of times and it always stops, although never in the same place. I have used Migration Assistant many times in the past and it has always worked perfectly. I can't understand why it is so flakey now. How do I make this work?
Thank you!

Apple support said mac to mac migration is flakey. Said to do it from a Time Capsule backup, which worked perfectly and quickly.

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