Use of Sony ATAPI Tape drives on the Linux Operating System requires that the tape drive be configured with st driver emulation.
Log into Linux as root or become superuser and enter from a command prompt:
rmmod ide-tape [Enter]
rmmod ide-scsi [Enter]
modprobe ide-scsi [Enter]
Check to see if the ide-scsi module now sees the Sony ATAPI tape drive:
[root@ibm root]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: IBM-ESXS Model: MAN3184MC F Rev: 5408
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 08 Lun: 00
Vendor: IBM Model: 02R0980a S320 1 Rev: 1
Type: Processor ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi3 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: SONY Model: SDX-420C Rev: 0104
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
If the Sony ATAPI tape drive is not listed in /proc/scsi/scsi execute the following three commands again:
rmmod ide-tape [Enter]
rmmod ide-scsi [Enter]
modprobe ide-scsi [Enter]
Once the ATAPI tape drive is listed in /proc/scsi/scsi the it's Device Node will be: st0, st1, st2 ... as found in /dev directory
In the above example the Sony SDX-420C is the first and only tape drive and the Device Node will be /dev/st0.