Trying to go into Target mode shuts down dual 800mhz G4

I have a Dual 800 G4 and am trying to set it up so I can use the Migration Assistant on my new MacPro. When I try and restart holding down 'T' the computer just abruptly shuts down. I'm wondering if this has something to do with the fact that I have a PCI scsi card installed in the G4, the details of the drives in the G4 are here:
SCSI Parallel Domain 65536:
Initiator Identifier: 7
ATA WDC WD800BB-40BS:
Capacity: 74.53 GB
Manufacturer: ATA
Model: WDC WD800BB-40BS
Revision: A0
Removable Media: Yes
BSD Name: disk1
OS9 Drivers: Yes
SCSI Target Identifier: 0
SCSI Logical Unit Identifier: 0
S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
Volumes:
Mac Diddly:
Capacity: 74.53 GB
Available: 61.17 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: HFS+
BSD Name: disk1s6
Mount Point: /Volumes/Mac Diddly
ATA WDC WD800JB-00CR:
Capacity: 74.53 GB
Manufacturer: ATA
Model: WDC WD800JB-00CR
Revision: A1
Removable Media: Yes
BSD Name: disk0
OS9 Drivers: No
SCSI Target Identifier: 1
SCSI Logical Unit Identifier: 0
S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
Volumes:
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 74.53 GB
Available: 6.67 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
Anyone have any ideas why my G4 won't enter Target mode? And if not, is there another way I can migrate all my user info to the new MacPro.
Thanks in advance...
Dual 800 G4   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   PCI SCSI card, firewire drives, additional firewire 800 PCI card, additional PCI USB card

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