AITi200A/S
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.
Why Am I getting an Error "the device reported an error on a request to MS_UpdateNTmsOmidInfo. Error reported: 11" In Windows 2003 while using the Windows backup with the Internal Atapi/IDE drives?
If you have a VIA Chipset then you will need to get the lasted bios & driver upgrades for that chipset. The driver upgrade would be the IDE Miniport driver v3.20b. If you do not have the VIA chipset then you will need to check the Chipset Manufactures website that you have for the latest upgrades.
Sony SDX-560V Firmware 0100
Tape Drive Models:
Firmware update for Sony AIT-2 Turbo ATAPI tape drive models SDX-560V and AITi200-A/S (based on SDX-560V).
AIT Bezel Kit Installation
The attached document is the AIT Bezel Kit Installation instructions.