can't open hda1 icon on desktop

[Peter Lieverdink]

alex wrote:
> I downloaded a NTFS file with ubuntu and it is currently in /home.  I'd
> like to put in the Windows XP in hda1.
> There's a hda1 icon on the ubuntu desktop but its permissions are
> currently 400 and greyed out so
> I can't write to it.  I tried chmod 660 but it has no effect.
> 
> How can I get that NTFS file into hda1 without doing it in Windows?

The simple answer there is that you can't. Still, you won't be able to
sue that file without running Windows, so after booting into WinXP,
download 'explore2fs' from

http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm

and use that to copy the file from /home to your windows partition.

- P.