(In reply to comment #55)
> I tested it on OS 12.1 -- nothing happened.
There was no output from fdisk?
> In order to test it on OS 11.4 I need to know how this affects other disks in
> the system, and if I can continue working, or should I restart my computer.
It does nothing to the other disks. But hotplugging will be disabled by such a test. You need to restart udev after the test.
(In reply to comment #55)
> I tested it on OS 12.1 -- nothing happened.
There was no output from fdisk?
> In order to test it on OS 11.4 I need to know how this affects other disks in
> the system, and if I can continue working, or should I restart my computer.
It does nothing to the other disks. But hotplugging will be disabled by such a test. You need to restart udev after the test.