Transfer from an ibook

i just got a new macbook- and in the set up i did the transfer from my ibook in target disk mode... on restart after it was 'complete' - the macbook said some data couldn't be transfered because the files were too large... so i restarted the ibook in target mode again to manually copy my 'home' folder as that was what didn't transfer (music, photos, documents, etc..) about 9gb into the 36gb transfer, i got an error saying there werent sufficient privliges for certain files, or that certain files were locked- something to that effect.
has anyone else run into this? any ideas? i want my main user folder from my ibook to be the main user folder on the new macbook.
thanks!
-matt
ibook g4 / imac g4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Excellent- Thats a great idea. Thanks so much..
One of the main reasons I wanted the 'merge' to works- was so that I didn't lose all my prefs. (bookmarks, ichat and other software set ups) is this fixed by copying the library? or is it more difficult?
Also- The one thing that did transfer over correctly was my applications but on a lot of them there is a duplicate of the app that says from old mac... is this actually a copy? should i delete it all and re-install?
Thanks so much!
-Matt
ibook g4 / imac g4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)
ibook g4 / imac g4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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