ITunes 6 - Splitting the library over two drives

Hi,
I have a powerbook with a 60gb hardrive. Currently my music library is around 25gb. To add to the "damage" I have recently trasfered around 15gb of music from my old desctop to the external drive. Now the external drive has more then enough space for the music but the internal does not. Is it possible to split the library such that some songs are on the internal and some on the external, and if so will it cause iTunes to perform worse?
Thanks for your help,
Stanislav Jidkov

Try this thread.
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