Can one ipod work with both mac and windows?

I have a 4th gen 20gb ipod with a mac system at home and a windows system at the office. Can this ipod sync to itunes on both computers?

I had a mini which i used on both my powerbook at home and my pc at work. now with my new 30gb ipod, when trying to use at work I only have the option to re-format thus loosing all my music?? could you explain linux? (if that's a way to do it)
thanks
In short, no, you can't. An iPod formatted for Mac
can't be read by Windows, and a Windows Pod can't be
used by iTunes in Mac. You have to choose, or use
Linux.

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thanks
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Linux.

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The TC drive cannot be partitioned without removing it.. did you do that?
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There is no media server in the TC.. it is merely disk storage.. you can serve files from it to a media device.. but the TC itself is dumb as dumb.
Now the actual format of the drive is irrelevant to the PC.. The TC offers SMB file services to the network. You can copy files to and from the TC as if it was a local disk without caring one iota about the format. The TC handles that .. it is not a local disk .. it is a network drive.
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Is it possible to use the same iPod on both a Windows and Mac computer back and forth without losing all my songs and videos?
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