Accessing itunes library from two separate systems (10.4.9 and 10.6.5)

Hey all
I searched and searched for the answer to this question but couldn't find it.
Perhaps it's a little unusual.
I am running two separate operating systems on a mac pro.
The first is my trusty old 10.4.9 (and probably itunes 7?) on an internal drive.
The second is a firewire drive running 10.6.5 and itunes 10.
I'm wondering if I can access my itunes library (stored on a separate internal drive) from the new 10.6.5 system without compromising access via my old operating system and old itunes program.
I don't want the xml file, or file system, or any other back-end thing to update my library to the point that my older system can no longer use it correctly.
Thanks!

I think iTunes 10 would almost certainly make changes in the iTunes.itl file that would render it inaccessible to earlier versions of iTunes, especially one as old as 7.

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