Old iPod New iBook

Hi, I have a touch wheel firewire 10gb iPod. It has given me excellent service using my iMac DV 400 OS 9.2.2. I have never updated the iPod software its running just as it did the day I bought it.
I now have a new iBook G4 12" Tiger. So what I would like to know is......
How do I update the iPod to work with the iBook ?
If I plug the iPod into the iBook will it take care of any upgrading automatically ? Im assuming I will lose whats on the iPod but as I have all the original cd's I'm not worried in that respect.
Or would I be better completly erasing the ipod back to its factory fresh state and then plugging it into the iBook ?
Any advice would be much appreciated
Nick

No need to lose the songs on the iPod. Just update the Firmware (if wanted). You can also install the latest iTunes which may 'demand' an iPod update. See these links to get the software:
iPod Updater
iTunes Download Page
See: Buegie, "How do you update the iPod software?" #1, 07:18pm Oct 27, 2005 CDT
If there is no music on the new computer, you can either re-rip the CDs or recover the songs from the iPod:
See - Buegie, "computercrash" #1, 09:58am Oct 28, 2005 CDT

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