Can I Partition to run 10.8 and 10.6?

I have a new iMac with M. Lion 10.8.2 which with will not run a few of my older applications.  Is it possible to partition my 1tb hard drive to run 10.8 and 10.6?  If so, how would it be done?

If it shipped with Mac OS X 10.8, no, but you can run Mac OS X Server 10.6 inside a product such as Parallels Desktop.
If it shipped with Mac OS X 10.6 or earlier, use the Disk Utility in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder to create a blank partition, insert the Mac OS X 10.6 DVD, restart with the C key held down, and install it onto the blank partition. Doing this may disable Boot Camp.
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