Slooow backups with BRU

[Dan Karron]

Check out bstream to buffer stuff to your device so it can stream. I have found
that some 9tracks (Cipher) reel back and forth to write data that is
not blocked properly. With bstream blocking, the tape only moves forward.

I noted previously here that there were NO sgi entries in the /etc/brutab.

That seems silly. If sgi is going to support bru, they would at least let
bru know about the devices it had brewing. Someone should clue bru into
doing the write thing with a new bru tab. (I could not resist rhyming)

Cheers!

dan.
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