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Tweak some descriptions about Rawrite32 tool on Windows. 

XXX: we should rather mention how to write ISO images..
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.\" $NetBSD: xfer,v 1.69 2011/04/25 22:13:45 wiz Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: xfer,v 1.70 2011/05/27 15:27:41 tsutsui Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2004 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@ -98,19 +98,24 @@ system, and a comprehensive list of the possibilities is beyond the
scope of this document.
.Pp
If you are using
.Tn MS-DOS
to write the floppy image(s) to floppy disk, you should use the
.Ic rawrite
utility, provided in the
.Tn Microsoft Windows
to write the floppy image(s) to floppy disk, you can use the
.Ic Rawrite32
Windows32 program.
It can be installed by
Pa rawr32.exe
provieded in the
.Pa i386/installation/misc
directory of the
.Nx
distribution.
It will write a file system image (.fs file) to a floppy disk.
A
.Ic rawrite32
is also available that runs under
.Tn MS Windows .
.Ic rawrite
utility for the
.Tn MS-DOS
environment is also available in the
.Pa i386/installation/misc/
directory.
.Pp
.\} \" \n[i386]
.
@ -187,28 +192,25 @@ machines) to write the floppy images to disks, you should use the
.Xr dd 1
command to copy the file system image(s)
(.fs file(s)) directly to the raw floppy disk.
It is suggested that you read the
.Xr dd 1
manual page or ask your system administrator to determine the correct
set of arguments to use; it will be slightly different from system to
system, and a comprehensive list of the possibilities is beyond the
scope of this document.
.Pp
If you have an i386 machine which runs
.Tn MS-DOS
and use it to write the floppy image(s) to floppy disk,
you can use the
.Ic rawrite
utility, provided in the
.Pa i386/installation/misc
.Tn Microsoft Windows
and use it to write the floppy image(s) to floppy disk, you can use the
.Ic Rawrite32
Windows32 program.
It can be installed by
Pa rawr32.exe
provided in the
.Pa i386/installation/misc/
directory of the
.Nx
distribution.
It will write a file system image (.fs file) to a floppy disk.
A
.Ic rawrite32
is also available that runs under
.Tn MS Windows .
.Ic rawrite
utility for the
.Tn MS-DOS
environment is also available in the
.Pa i386/installation/misc/
directory.
.Pp
Though
.Nx*M