Library management in iPhoto 4

I'm getting iPhoto 6 in a few weeks with my new laptop, however this question should apply across the board regardless of versioning. I happen to have several hard drives with photo assets, and I'm wondering if it's possible to set up iPhoto in the same way as I have iTunes set up, with my library accessing several different drives, and the key here is NOT copying the assets into the pictures folder on my startup disk. I know this is how Apple's programs prefer to function, however it is counter to how I wish to manage my assets. I need my primary drive (the startup disk) to be free of assets in the event of a crash. This is why I keep all assets on secondary disks. With iTunes, this is not a problem, I just have the 'copy to iTunes library' unchecked in the preferences, that way when I import (or drag) files into the library, I know that they are merely referencing files from any given disk, and not copying them (duplicating) them... is there a simple way to do this with iPhoto, either version 4 or 6? Thanks!

SEan,
"in the event of a crash." ----- not only the internal startup drive does crash---- keep in mind that an external drive can crash too.... It happened to me!
I now have 4 different HD. I backup on 3 separate HD.
I have 6 differents libraries. (that I all backup on the 3 other drives) and I also use Iphoto Buddy, that allows you to manage multiple libraries in iP4 and up! iP buddy is a little piece of program wonder!
see below
http://www.nofences.net/iphotoBuddy/
"There is no limit to the number of Libraries, and they can be located in various locations--even on removable or network volumes. Each Library can be assigned its own name that differs from its folder name in the Finder; each Library can be assigned a thumbnail image that can help to remind you of its contents; and each Library can be password protected for privacy/security."
michel

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