Partitioning Hard drive for older OS

I would like to use OS 9 on a partitioned part of my hard drive- It says it will erase all info- is this true? How can I creat three partitions, one for OS X and one for OS9 and windows XP- Thanks in advance
Imac   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   Intel

OS 9 and the Classic environment is not supported and
won't work on Intel Macs. The switch to Intel
processors is the final death nail for OS 9 and the
Classic environment - at least for Macs with an Intel
processor.
Reformatting and/or re-partioning a hard drive will
erase all data.
You can install Windows XP on an Intel Mac using Boot
Camp which provides for setting the size of the
partition for Windows without having to reformat the
hard drive.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/
So us loyal Mac users loose- There are plenty of programs that I use that will not operate on OSX- so I have to keep my trusty Blue&W OS G3 8.6 &9- sitting along side and refer back? Can I at least hook up to the OS X monitor?
Imac   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   Intel

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