Moving Library to NAS Issue

I went through all of Apple's steps to move my iTunes library to an NAS, but while consolidating, the drive unmounted, and it failed.  So, now I am manually going through and copying over the files that didn't transfer to the NAS.  If you go to preferences, it shows the iTunes library location as blank.  The files that successfully transferred show their location as the NAS the ones that did not transfer still say the local drive.  After I get everything copied, do I merely change the location of the library in preferences, or do I also have to click consolidate again, and will that action copy everything over, or just anything that I may have missed?

Hi Daniel,
I found these articles online.  Hopefully they answer some of your questions.  (I have a Synology NAS with my entire iTunes library on it and it works great, so it is possible!  Hang in there!)
Setting up an iTunes server on a Synology NAS:
http://www.synology.com/support/tutorials_show.php?lang=us&q_id=521
Here's a ridiculously high-quality thread where a number of other people are trying to accomplish similar things:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4263870?start=0&tstart=0

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