Can I split my operating systems?

I read reviews about Lion, cautioning me about software compatible with 10.6 and below, but not 10.7. With more positives than negative, I went with the upgrade. Unfortunately, I now find myself at the loss of using my Canon EOS camera software which does not work with 10.7. I contacted Canon and they haven't built a work around or updated their software to use Lion so far, and no real clue as to if and/or when they plan to do so.
My hard drive is 500GB, I have about 200GB remaining free. I also have a 2TB Seagate FreeAgent backup drive with over 1.5TB free.
I've never partitioned an existing drive either on board or backup, so I don't even know if I can at this point. I would like to know if I can reinstall 10.6 onto the Seagate with a link on the Mac so that I could choose some way to access either system. Does anyone know if this can be done, and if so, would you offer instructions? Can someone please help?

To add a partition to a drive, first make sure you have a backup of the data currently on the drive. Adding a partition should not affect that data, but it is best to be safe.
Once you're ready to add the partition, run Disk Utility (it can be found in the Utilities folder in Applications).
Click on the name of the drive in the list. Note - do not select the item named Macintosh HD; instead, select its parent. It will have a name something like the one highlighted in blue in this pic -
Then click the Partition button to the right of that name , indicated by the oval in this pic -
Once you have done that, the display will change to what is shown above, except your drive should show just one volume/partition at this point.
Then click the + sign indicated by the arrow. This will add a new partition to the display. You can do a bit of tweaking at this point, such as adjusting the size of the new partition. Nothing will actually be done to the drive until you click the "Apply" button.
Once you're satisifed, click the "Apply" button.
In a short while your drive will then be partitioned and the new, added partition will have been formatted and ready for use.

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