ITunes stuck to ~/Music/iTunes, can't change folder location

I recently moved all my media files off my local drive and onto a FW-attached RAID device. I changed the iTunes music folder location in Preferences::Advanced to the new location, and BAM, nothing.
If I delete ~/Music/iTunes and restart itunes, it will RECREATE the old folder, and it won't touch the file modification times of the files in the new folder. So basically, it's completely ignoring the folder location set in preferences, and using the default location instead.
Bear in mind that iTunes IS REMEMBERING the new folder location, it's just that it doesn't actually use it. In other words I can change it, but it doesn't care.
Am I screwed? Does Apple DRM prevent me from having my media in a different location than the default?
Mac Pro   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

haploid
Did you just move the music? Or did you move the library files as well?
If you moved the library files as well, then hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iTunes, use the Locate command to navigate to the new location.
Regards
TD

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