Accessing old Iphoto library on external hard drive in new iphoto

We recently bought a new macbook pro with iphoto 9.5.1.  Previously, we had a 2008 macbook and had transferred the very large iphoto library onto our Toshiba external harddrive.  After downloading Tuxera NTFS to be able to use the external hard drive on this computer, I tried to open the iphoto library.  It said that the photos needed to be upgraded to be usable on the new iphoto.  So I downloaded the iphoto upgrader.  When running it, it says the iphoto library selected (the one on the external hard drive) does not need to be updated.  When I try to open it through iphoto, it says that it needs to update and starts the process.  Within a minute is says that some of the permissions on the library are incorrect and asks if I want to repair it.  After clicking to repair it, iphoto stops responding and we have to force quit to stop it.  Any ideas on how to access the library?  I have over 20,000 pictures in that library and would like to be able to access them on a regular basis.

fter downloading Tuxera NTFS to be able to use the external hard drive on this computer,
An iPhoto library MUST be on a volume formatted OS X Extended (journaled) in order to be used from there.  So your NTFS server won't work.  You'll need another external hard drive formatted as I described:
There is just no way to make it work on your drive as it is configured now.
OT

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