newbe wants to backup to tape drive

[J. van Eck (Systeembeheer)]

> On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, J. van Eck (Systeembeheer) wrote:
>
> > hello, I have a Archive Python SCSI Datstreamer installed on my
computer, and Suse 8.1 has recocqnized it. But I seem not to be able to make
a backup.
> > When I try to use the mt-command, Suse returns the message "NO SUCH
DEVICE". The command I use is : "mt -f /dev/st0 status"
> >
> You don't have the scsi tape driver (st) loaded. If you do 'modprobe st'
> as root, you should be able to use the device /dev/st0 or /dev/nst0.
> The SuSE system should be able to load the st driver automatically but,
> for some reason, that does not happen.
>
> Kai
>

I tried to load de modprobe st module, but the system is unable to load it.
"Can't locate module st"

Please help!