Migration to new Mac from FireWire clone

Hi. I'm planning to buy a new iMac in a few weeks when the line is refreshed. I'm currently running my 2006 iMac from a FireWire clone as the internal disk went south just before Christmas.
What I'm planning to do is use this clone drive to migrate all my stuff using Setup Assistant on first boot of the new Mac. I believe I can do this using the "another volume on this Mac" option (please correct me if I'm wrong).
However, I have two questions…
1) Should I connect the FireWire drive before I turn the new Mac on, or after?
2) As this clone drive is set to be the boot drive on my current iMac, will that cause problems in terms of transferring settings? By which I mean, will the setting be transferred to have the backup drive boot the new Mac, instead of the new internal disk?
Many thanks.

Sketcm wrote:
Thanks. For some reason I already have one of those cables - not sure why I bought it originally because I've never used it. Have a feeling it might be something to do with music.
Good fortune to have on at hand!
Anyway, yes I'll probably try migrating from the FW clone using Setup Assistant on first boot. I've done it before with other Macs and had no trouble.
Then you should have no trouble.

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