After reinstallation and upgrade to 10.5.6, itunes doesn't show any music

Hi all
I did a clean install of my boot drive to 10.5.2.
Then I updated with the combo updated to 10.5.6.
I also updated iTunes to 8.0.2.
The problem is that iTunes does not find my music library, which lives on a separate hard drive that I did not touch when reinstalling. No music is displayed in iTunes.
In Prefs-Advanced-iTunes Music Folder Location, I've tried both the "iTunes Music" folder (which has all the subfolders of albums etc) and the folder above that, which also contains the Album artwork folder, some itdb files etc. But nothing shows up.
Any thoughts?
/p

Try opening iTunes while holding down the option key. When you get a dialog box with "create a new library" or "choose a library", select the choose option and navigate to the library on your external HD.
BTW: If your external HD is not powered on and mounted before opening itunes, iTunes will create a new blank library.

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