latest 64 bit gzip archive (hdsentinel-019c-x64.gz) is malfo
Posted: 2021.08.12. 18:32
Background: I have a Windows laptop with a corrupted disk and/or file system that I need to diagnose.
I created a bootable USB flash drive running the latest Linux Mint Cinnamon (20.2) that I want to put disk diagnostic tools on.
The first tool that I want to use is the Linux version of Hard Disk Sentinel.
(Link: https://www.hdsentinel.com/hard_disk_sentinel_linux.php)
In particular, in the previous link's "Download Hard Disk Sentinel Linux" section, I want to use "Hard Disk Sentinel 64-bit Linux console version - executable, gzip-compressed".
(Link: https://www.hdsentinel.com/hdslin/hdsen ... 19c-x64.gz)
I found that the latest gzip archive (hdsentinel-019c-x64.gz) is malformed.
In particular, when I try to extract it in Linux Mint I get different (wrong) results whereas I can extract it in Windows (cygwin or 7-zip).
This is not a problem with my version of Linux Mint, since I tested a different gzip archive file and found that Mint extracted it just fine.
Therefore, the issue seems to be with hdsentinel-019c-x64.gz: it must have been created with a tool that violates the gzip spec or something?
Full details follow.
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What I first tried in Linux Mint:
I opened a browser, went to
https://www.hdsentinel.com/hard_disk_sentinel_linux.php
and downloaded the file
hdsentinel-019c-x64.gz
I immediately tried to extract the file inside that archive by executing
$ gzip -dk hdsentinel-019c-x64.gz
I created a bootable USB flash drive running the latest Linux Mint Cinnamon (20.2) that I want to put disk diagnostic tools on.
The first tool that I want to use is the Linux version of Hard Disk Sentinel.
(Link: https://www.hdsentinel.com/hard_disk_sentinel_linux.php)
In particular, in the previous link's "Download Hard Disk Sentinel Linux" section, I want to use "Hard Disk Sentinel 64-bit Linux console version - executable, gzip-compressed".
(Link: https://www.hdsentinel.com/hdslin/hdsen ... 19c-x64.gz)
I found that the latest gzip archive (hdsentinel-019c-x64.gz) is malformed.
In particular, when I try to extract it in Linux Mint I get different (wrong) results whereas I can extract it in Windows (cygwin or 7-zip).
This is not a problem with my version of Linux Mint, since I tested a different gzip archive file and found that Mint extracted it just fine.
Therefore, the issue seems to be with hdsentinel-019c-x64.gz: it must have been created with a tool that violates the gzip spec or something?
Full details follow.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What I first tried in Linux Mint:
I opened a browser, went to
https://www.hdsentinel.com/hard_disk_sentinel_linux.php
and downloaded the file
hdsentinel-019c-x64.gz
I immediately tried to extract the file inside that archive by executing
$ gzip -dk hdsentinel-019c-x64.gz