Dual boot two instances of Tiger?

I am wanting to create a dual boot on my Mac Pro (10.4.11) but I want to have two Tiger installs. Is this possible to do? The reason is I have two versions of the same software and I want to use one version for certain tasks and the other version for other things. Because one version is an update, if I try to have them on the same boot disk, it will overwrite files used in the older version and not let me have both the old and new software on the same disk (they use the same folders for their program and system files).
If this is possible, how would I go about setting up the extra Tiger boot?
Thanks!

swaffdawg:
It is possible. However, you would have to create a new volume on another partition or another drive such as an external HDD or a second drive in a tower.
cornelius

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