Import From Catalog Not Importing

Hi,
I'm using LR 3.4.1 on an 2.8 Dual Core imac running Osx 10.5.8 and 4 gigs Ram.
Im new to LR but have used photoshop (and teach it) for many years so not a complete novice.
Anyway I have decided to import all my ctalogs into a single blank Master one as I can see this will be much more convenient.
I have imported 1 catalog so far using Import from catalog >I then get a preview and option to uncheck or check files I want > then I select>Add new photos without moving.
This worked a treat and I have appeox 55,000 images so far in the Master catalog.
I now want to add another 2 external drives which I also already have catalogs for BUT after selecting >Add new photos without moving nothing happens.
Have I reached a limit of how many images can be in one catalog ? I don't think so.
All my images are keyworded but I'm not sure this makes a difference although I did read something somewhere that this can cause problems with version 2.
Any suggestions? I have trashed my pref file but still no good.
Cheers,
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