Use same iTunes library for Windows & Mac

Just got a iMac and done the Bootcamp thing so the question is as Windows cant see a mac formatted disk but Macs can see,read & write to a Fat32 formatted disk could I put my library on a external Fat32 formatted disk so be able to use iTunes on both platforms ?
G4 Cube 20" iMac Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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I have several user accounts for my osx. One I use at home, one at work etc.
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When a new user profile is created, everything in it is set to scratch.
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neptune2000 wrote:
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In the layout above right, with the media folder (everything in the red box) inside the library folder, the library is considered to be portable. A portable library can be moved from one path to another without breaking the links from the library to the media, and being self-contained it is much easier to backup and restore. (You do backup, don't you?).
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