Unable to save home folder while deleting account

Hi there:
I am trying to delete a user account from a 10.6.8 MBP. I want to save the user's home folder to a DMG, like I always do. There is 201.42GB free on the HD. I get an error when trying to delete the account, however, that:
"The home folder cannot be saved. To save the folder, you need 57.6GB of free disk space." (Well, it's not really an error. The "save folder" option is greyed out, with that explanation).
LIke I mentioned, there is over 200GB free on the drive. I tried repairing permissions and rebooting. Verified disk. No help.
Can anyone advise?
Thanks!

Grrr...Never mind. Once I took ownership of the user's folder, OSX started reporting the correct size. There is not, in fact, enough room on the HD, so I'll figure something else out.
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