Two computers two ipods

I have a desktop pc as my nano home.
I have a new laptop and a new 80G ipod, I want ALL my music on the biggin' and just the travel songs on the littlun'
Do I need an external harddrive to save all this?
When I consolidate my library does this double the amount of room taken up by my music files?
Main Question:
How do can I share the same library on two computers but only have 1,000 songs on the nano and 10,000 on the other?
Thanks
~not so savvy Arabella~

Start with these...
How to use multiple iPods with one computer
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300432
Using iPod with multiple computers
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61675
Managing content manually on iPod
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61148
iPod: Frequently Asked Questions
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60920
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