What is the 'real' tape length

[Tom Poage]

david at wubios.wustl.edu (David J. Camp) writes:
>If you use /dev/rst8 you get 9 tracks, but if you use /dev/rst0 you
>get only 4 tracks.

If this is true, how have I been getting ~58 MB on a tape using /dev/rst0?
Me thinks they both have 9-track capability.

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