New iMac won't recognize Motorola iMac (both on 10.5.5) Migration Assistant

I just brought home a new Intel iMac, and tried to transfer data from my old iMac. Both the old and new Macs are running sys. 10.5.5. I have followed all instructions in Migration Assistant, but after I restart my 1.8 GHZ Power PC G5 (holding down T button), the new iMac thinks it's still starting up. I see the Firewire symbol on my old Mac's screen, but the new one doesn't recognize that the old one has restarted. In case I had a defective Firewire cable, I changed it out, but no luck. Any ideas, anyone?

Rdonald wrote:
I just brought home a new Intel iMac, and tried to transfer data from my old iMac. Both the old and new Macs are running sys. 10.5.5. I have followed all instructions in Migration Assistant, but after I restart my 1.8 GHZ Power PC G5 (holding down T button), the new iMac thinks it's still starting up. I see the Firewire symbol on my old Mac's screen, but the new one doesn't recognize that the old one has restarted. In case I had a defective Firewire cable, I changed it out, but no luck. Any ideas, anyone?
Welcome to Apple Discussions:
Sometimes it's a timing thing. First try disconnecting and reconnecting the cable while both machines are running.
If that does not help, start the old machine in Target mode with FW cable connected but don't start second machine until first is fully booted in Target mode, or if they are already connected and running, reboot the new Machine (same thing).
Lastly, I am not sure you can migrate from a PPC to an Intel, but I may be wrong there, never having tried it.
What does Motorola have to do with this? Just curious. I didn't think they make iMacs.
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