I want to partition my Mac Book hard drive into 3 Partitions

I am running Mac 10.4.9 and want to partition my machine, I guess I can use the Mac OS install CD
I have with me, can some one provide some instructions on how this can be done.

why is partitioning not supported for Tiger.
Good question, but all I can say is that built in Disk handling & repair has always been quite limited on Macs.
Mac OS install disks come with a disk utility which can do the job, but I found none.
Not sure what you found none of!? Disk Utility is on the Install Disk...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Tiger Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
But you still don't want to partition it if possible, and those two APPs means there is absolutely no need to.

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