Trying to move pics from iMac with iPhoto '08 to an iMac with iPhoto '11

I'm attempting to move my photo library from an old iMac with iPhoto '08 to a new iMac with iPhoto '11.  The old iMac is so old that I can't use Migration Assistant.  I tried using a WD external hard drive "formatted HFS+ journaled."  Once i dragged the library from the EHD to the new iMac, I couldn't upload the photos using the instructions given elsewhere in this forum.  At one point, after many combinations of clicks and keystrokes, the new iMac uploaded everything (including duplicates), imported the photos, and the pictures disappeared when I closed and reopened iPhoto.  Any tips?

Do not use migration assistant it does not do a good job
The iPhoto library can not be on a disk formated anything except Mac OS extended (journaled)
Never import one iPoto library into anothe iPhoto library which is appearently what you did
Connect the two Macs together (network, firewire target mode, etc)  or use an external hard drive formed Mac OS extended (journaled) and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity from the old Mac to the pictures folder of the new Mac - launch iPhoto on the new mac and it will open the library and convert it as needed and you will be ready move forward.
LN

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