Transferring files fr. Dual 450 MHz G4 Mac to MacBook

Hi everybody-
I'm sitting here with my new MacBook, trying to transfer files from my old G4 Mac to it. So far I have had no success. :oP I followed the instructions provided in the MacBook Setup Assistant, shutting down the G4, connecting the two with a FireWire 400 cable, then starting the G4 again with the T button held down until I get the FireWire symbol on the screen of the G4. On the MacBook, I get "waiting for the old Mac to reboot" and then "waiting for disks to appear". There, it gets hung up, as the G4 disk never appears. During one attempt, I got an error message on the MacBook saying that the G4 didn't have OS X on it, which is not true; it has OS 10.3.9 on it, so it should be capable of doing this (as far as I know, which isn't much). I've tried both FireWire ports on the G4 to no avail; my only other thoughts on this are a) the G4 really is too old to do this, and b) maybe I need a new FireWire cable.
Has anyone ever tried to do this before between these two computers? I'm open to ideas and suggestions; I feel that I am soooo close to getting this to work.
Thanks to all, and I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving weekend! :o)
KRobe15041

Well, I tried what you suggested, and I got the following error message from the MacBook Disk Utility: "Verify volume failed with error Could not unmount disk." I have no idea what that means, other than it didn't work. I did run Disk Utility on the G4, and repaired some permissions that differed, but it made no difference to the MacBook. I even tried turning off all my antivirus and firewalls on the G4 to see if that made a difference-nada!
At this rate, it will be faster to break out my keyring portable drive and use that to transfer my documents...need to figure out how to transfer applications, though-I don't relish paying a second time for stuff I already have. Or, I'll haul everything to the Genius Bar and let them figure it out.
But, if anyone else has suggestions, let me know!
KRobe

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