Migration Assistant -- Not Finding Users?

Had to re-install 10.4.7 from install disks on my mam's 1.83 GHz dual-core iMac (Erase and Install). Carbon Copy Cloned the original start-up disk to an external FireWire drive.
After installation, Mig. Asst. gave me the option to "Transfer from Another Volume on this Mac". Chose the relevant volume. Now it has been looking for the Users on the cloned volume for 30 mins, with the spinning bar-circle whizzing round and round...
is there any way to transfer users and settings manually?
TIA

It's working now, after deselecting the 'Spare' volume in the MigAsst. (Don't know what it was supposed to do, anyway, or why it's made a difference).
Seriously, what a hateful, dispiriting experience this has been. Just because I wanted to upgrade to Snow Leopard. Apparently MacOS will let you partition your entire HD as a Master Boot Record without warning you that you can install Tiger on it, but you won't be able to update it to Leopard or S/L... so you have to buy an external HD, clone your Tiger HD, erase and install Tiger (GUID partitioned this time), restore from the clone using Migration assistant...
...And this is supposed to 'Just Work'?

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I first posted this problem in an e-list. The only replies were manual work-arounds.
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FIRST: How can I get Migration Assistant to see "Main Drive"?
OK, if there is no easy way to make "Main Drive" reveal itself, I can move files from Home>Documents and I can pick and choose from Applications and Applications Support.
For e-mail, would I move the entire folder at Home>Library>Mail?
What else would I need to move for user accounts and network settings?
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I assume that "Main Drive" has a bootable OS on it.
If not, then the Migration Assistant won't see it.
Also, how is the "Main Drive" hooked up? IIRC, it's
through a 3rd party card, it may not work. Does it
show up on the desktop when you mount the QS to the
iBook in target disk mode?
"Main Drive" is bootable in 10.3.9. It is on the same ATA-4 bus as the IBM drive. But it does not show up on the iBook desktop in TDM.
If it has a bootable OS installed and shows up on the
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FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources/data/Aircraft/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resource s/data/Aircraft/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources/data/Aircraft/
FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources/data/Aircraft/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resource s/data/Aircraft/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources/data/Aircraft/
FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources/data/Aircraft/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resource s/data/Aircraft/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources/data/Aircraft/
FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources/data/Aircraft/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resource s/data/Aircraft/FlightGear.app/Contents/Frameworks/osgIntrospection.framework/
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I will trash FlightGear.app, then attempt the migration again, then post back here whether I was successful or not.
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