Syncing mac mini with G5

I did not know where else to post this.
My boss and I are in charge of a computer lab with 22 Mac computers; most of which are iMacs. We do have 10 G5 towers and we are trying to modernize them.
We have purchased a couple Mac Minis are using firewire cables to link the G5 towers with the minis. What we are trying to figure out is how to start them at the same time or how do we sync the startups? Any help would be appreciated.

Hi MacSinfonian-
This may be helpful: How to use FireWire target disk mode
Luck-
-DP

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