sqlserver 2005 importing data from Informix 9

Hello,
I am a sql server newbie so please bear with me. I have sql server 2005 running on a 64-bit Windows 2003 R2 server. We also have Informix 9 running on an hpux system. I created a database on the sql server and now I am trying to import/replicate the data from the informix database into the sql DB. I am pulling my hair out trying to get this to work. Any help at all is greatly appreciate. Here is what I have done
1)
-Created a system data source named JoeInformix using a DataDirect .3 Informix Wire Protocol.
-Tried creating a linked server but the data source I created is not listed a as provider in the New Linked Server provider pulldown
2)
-Went into task>Import Data, the data source I created (joeinformix) is not listed as a data source so I tried using "IBM Informix OLE DB Provider" as the data source
-I entered the the DB@server_name, username and password then clicked on Test Connection.
-The connection succeeded
- When clicking next button I get error saying it cannot get the supported data types

Any help is GREATLY appreciated. Would greatly appreciate it if someone could point out what I am doing wrong or if you have any other ideas for getting the data from Informix to sql server 2005.

Regards,
Joe