Use 2 hdd for itunes, iphoto, etc...

Well the latest 10.4.10 update has killed my hdd for some reason.
System reboots but is stuck at the grey screen.
I managed to add a smaller 80G sata drive and reinstall 10.4 on it.
Doing this has allowed me access back the hdd I used to boot and run of off.
So now I am running a quick iBackup all my important files, itunes, iphoto, etc....
My question, though is I am thinking of leaving the 80G hdd as the main boot hdd, and then use the 250G as my main source for files.
This is really how I ran my Windows machines (years ago).
Main hdd for the OS only and a secondary for all my files.
Is there a way to easily do this with OS X?
Will this cause an issue with software updates?
Can I tell itunes, iphoto, and other applications where to look for their main "library" without causing a duplication of files back on the main 80G hdd?

Well, I ended up grapping a larger 160G hdd I had and reinstalling OS X again.
I went and got all the updates for it, and then I ran migration manager.
It pulled everything from my old hdd.
So now I am up and running as good as new, but on a smaller hdd.
I might try the moving of the iphoto and itunes folder like linked above.
I would also like to do the same with the documents folder.
You have a instruction for that as well?
If not, that really best thing to do (unfortunately) would be to slick the original 250G hdd, reinstall, update (again) and then do the migration manager on it.

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