Will Power Mac 6500 HD fit/connect in G4 MDD?

Is it possible that the internal HD of my Power Mac 6500 can be installed into my G4 Mirrored Drive Door desktop? Are the physical size/mountings and cable connector(s) compatible? Anything else I need to consider?
Thanks.

Thanks Limnos...
I'll check the support documents you provided links to.
and thanks Jeff...
It's a little of both. I want to keep many of the files that are on the 6500's drive, and use it for extra storage, but I do realize the capacity may be quite low. There are already two 80GB drives in the G4: one bootable by Tiger 10.4.11 and the other by Panther 10.3.5. I'm guessing the G4 won't run on OS 8.6, which is what the 6500's drive has, so I'll remove the OS from that drive to free up a little extra space.
Thanks again to you both.

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