How do I get Leopard on my new Mac without deleting Lion?

I have just partitioned my new imac. Lion and everything is on Hard Disc 1. I now want to install Leopard on my Hard Disc 2. I put the Mac OS Install disc into my computer and it is on my desktop. Do I just click install and when I restart as it asks me to will everything be alright on my main hard drive with Lion, as I am worried a restart will have my computer all Leopard and no Lion, and I will be in a mess again

You cannot install Leopard, but you could install Snow Leopard as all current iMacs and MBPros had been initially shipped with Snow Leopard. Only the new MBAirs and the Mac Minis only run on Lion.
There are a couple of threads on how to get SL on a current iMac in this forum, just search for it.
And no worries, before the actual installer copies any files, it asks you for the volume and you should just select the new partition.
But it is also well advised to backup your whole Lion partition before installing anything.

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