Using my G5 as an external hard drive

I'm about to buy a new intel-based iMac to replace my old G5, however, I would like to retain the G5 and use as an external hard drive which will save me the hassle of migrating everything across and also give me additional storage capacity. I have a mini-network already set with my PC but the real question is, is there a way of setting up the G5 so that I can just switch it on and not have to log in to my user profile? I don't want to have to have my existing 27 inch monitor permanently hooked up just for booting up and shutting down. I want to have that hooked up to the iMac. Whilst I've used Macs for nearly 10 years I've always had a single standalone system so would value any help in setting this up.

The easiest way to accomplish what you want to do is to remove the drive from the G5 and put it in an firewire/usb external enclosure.  That way, both computers can access the data on it, and the drive can also be used for storage.

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