How do I configure my brutab file, /etc/brutab, to work with my drive?

The chart below shows sample brutab entries for most common tape drive formats.

If your drive is not listed, pull the last entry from the chart below (called generic) and modify it as necessary. The generic file contains helpful comments that should assist you in making any changes that are needed.

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README File	Download	View
Brutab Shell (in case you need to start over)	Download	View
Remote Host Sample	Download	View
4mm DAT Drives	Download	View
8mm Drives	Download	View
ADR (OnStream) SCSI Drive	Download	View
ADR (OnStream) DI30 Drive	Download	View
AIT Drives	Download	View
DAT / DDS: see "4mm" above	N/A	N/A
Ditto Drives on Linux using Ftape	Download	View
DLT Drives	Download	View
IDE/Atapi Drives	Download	View
Jaz Drives	Download	View
Mammoth Drives	Download	View
NS: see "Travan" below	N/A	N/A
Parallel Drives on Linux using Ftape	Download	View
QIC Drives (1/4")	Download	View
TR-3 Drives on Linux using Ftape	Download	View
Travan Format Drives (TR-4/5, NS-8/20)	Download	View
VXA (Ecrix) Format Drives	Download	View
Zip Drive, 100 MB	Download	View
Generic (for use when no other match is found)	Download	View

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