The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 3648.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sdb: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3648 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 10 80293+ 0 Empty
/dev/sda2 11 3648 29222235 b W95 FAT32
Command (m for help):
Command (m for help): d
Partition number (1-4): 2
Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 3
First cylinder (1-3648, default 1): 11
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (11-3648, default 3648): 180
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3648 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 10 80293+ 0 Empty
/dev/sda3 11 180 1365525 83 Linux
Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 2
First cylinder (1-3648, default 1): 181
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (181-3648, default 3648):
Using default value 3648
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3648 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 10 80293+ 0 Empty
/dev/sda2 181 3648 27856710 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 11 180 1365525 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Command (m for help): t
Partition number (1-4): 2
Hex code (type L to list codes): b
Changed system type of partition 2 to b (W95 FAT32)
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3648 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 10 80293+ 0 Empty
/dev/sda2 181 3648 27856710 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 11 180 1365525 b W95 FAT32
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy.
The kernel still uses the old table.
The new table will be used at the next reboot.
WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x
partitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additional
information.
Syncing disks.