New iMac set-up problem

Just bought 1 iMac & have 2 more ordered to upgrade from OLD G4s. Tried Pondini's how to to set up from the old Mac but we get a message that the old does not have an OS X installed when trying to use firewire. What other options do we have? Need step-by-step for an idiot (me) instructions as we have no IT people.

Ensure that you've repaired the disks on the Tiger boxes and are running 10.4.11. If not, download and reinstall the 10.4.11 COMBO. I don't recall anyone not having success using the setup assistant. See Best Practices for more info, although Pondini's tip should have everything you need.

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No, but if it concerns you, that little circular piece of plastic will pop off if you press on it hard enough. It's purely cosmetic in nature. As you can clearly see from looking at the "business end" of the plug, it's just your bog standard AC cable. You can probably get a dozen of them for a few bucks just about anywhere.
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Your welcome and thank you for the star.
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HI and Welcome to Apple Discussions...
*"the screen goes grey and asks me to reboot"*
That called a kernel panic.
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