Is a possible to get 3 primary partitions on a SATA HDD?

It seems a simple question, but would like to have some opinions on this. I have Vista pre-installed but non-bootable besides a bootable XP.
I want to add a 3rd OS to share the boot with XP, keeping Vista on reserve. I know there is another primary partition on the SATA disc, WinRE, the recovery partition for Vista.
So, in reality, there would be 4 primary partitions, two bootable. Could there be any trouble with this?
Thanks for any comment.

Yes, you can create 3 primary partitions.
My notebook uses dual boot option I use XP and Vista. Both OS are bootable.
I have installed Vista firstly. Then I created 3rd partition using the settings in Vista disk management.
Then I have installed the XP on the new partition.
After this procedure I was not able to boot the Vista again because the Win XP has damage the Vistas boot manager. This was only a small issue. I could renew the Vista boot manager booting from Vista CD and choosing the repair option.
Finally I have installed BootVis (its a tool to manage Vista boot manager) and could add the XP to the boot manager.
Of course its possible to add further OS but I think XP and Vista is enough.
Maybe this short description could help you to add further OS.
Best Regards

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Nick
diskutil list; echo; diskutil cs list
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *3.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Promise RAID            3.0 TB     disk1s2
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         120.5 GB   disk2s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               650.0 MB   disk2s3
/dev/disk3
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *120.2 GB   disk3
                                 Logical Volume on disk2s2
                                 B1226A78-ED30-4C0E-B398-216050D00D99
                                 Unencrypted
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 776BF278-C2A1-4AE9-A333-54698D103F63
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         120473067520 B (120.5 GB)
    Free Space:   0 B (0 B)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 9E51C38B-4FFA-412E-BDD5-3454C7A54658
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk2s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     120473067520 B (120.5 GB)
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        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   No
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
        |
        +-> Logical Volume B1226A78-ED30-4C0E-B398-216050D00D99
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            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          120154292224 B (120.2 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            No
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

Hi Eric,
See attached screen shot - is that what you are after?
As you can see I don't have access to the rest of the 3TB fusion drive. I'm thinking I may have to do a clean OS install so I have prepared a Yosemite USB install key ready to go.
Unless you guys can suggest something that is.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Nick

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