IPhoto Library Says disk is full and it isnt!!

Hello Al
My first post on here - have tried following various other threads relating to this but my problem is that I that although I am getting a message in iphoto saying I cant import as iphoto library is full - it is by no means full. The library is on my hard drive which has 500gig free!!
I do have external hard drives etc. and can of course copy the library to these - but I don't understand why when I have 500gig free I am being told the disk containing my iphoto library is full?
Please help as I have so many photos on my camera I would like to import so I can make some Christmas prezzies! Thanks
Claire

What size have you allocated to the dmg?
There is no need for this with iPhoto 09.
You can simply drag the Library to the Users/Shared Folder.
In each account in turn: Double click on the Library to open it. (You may be asked to repair the Library Permissions.) From that point on, this will be the default library location. Both accounts will have full access to the library, in fact, both accounts will 'own' it.
However, there is a catch with this system and it is a significant one. iPhoto is not a multi-user app., it does not have the code to negotiate two users simultaneously writing to the database, and trying will cause db corruption. So only one user at a time, and back up, back up back up.
If that still reports the same issue, then Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

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