Sharing my iTunes Lib with an Ext Hard Drive???

I have 2 computers, a G5 and a Powerbook G4, and all my music is on my External (which is linked to my G5). I want to have my G5 and its music synced with my Powerbook G4.....is this possible???
I want to do this cuz my Powerbook G4 has Tiger, which is what i use to sync my iPod, since the G5 only has 10.3.
So please can someone help me out, i dont wanna have to buy Leopard.

Open the Advanced section of the iTunes preferences, turn off the option to automatically copy music to the iTunes folder, and drag the music folder on the external drive into iTunes. Another option is to create a new iTunes library on the external drive and use it with both computers.
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