Can iTunes read across multiple drives?

Hi all,
I have a 2002 Quicksilver PowerMac with 1x 30Gb (Master) and 1x 80Gb (slave) installed.
I’ve put all my music onto the 80Gb but iTunes will only look at the music I have installed on the master drive. Can iTunes see music across multiple drives and make them all show as one within the iTunes window? As currently I can’t access them.
I'm running OSX.4 Tiger, iTunes v.4.7.1
Many thanks.

Does this also work in the opposite direction?  I have a startup disk that is full and I want to move my existing library onto a second physical disk in an attempt to free up space on the startup disk.
How do I then have itunes add new media to the itunes library on the startup disk instead of the now virtually full second physical disk?
Like One Brain Cell, I have been muddling this about in my head for weeks.

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