On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 3:33 PM, David Shaw <dj.shaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > it chokes when it gets to the .wine folder - I/O error on every single file > and folder within .wine - trying a simple > > cp -r /home/david/ /media/Portable/backup/ > > has the same effect. This is repeatable and only .wine is affected - which > is why I wonder if it could be something about the way Wine is set up. Not terribly likely... What filesystem is your backup volume? Does it allow filenames that start with . ? i.e. does touch /media/Portable/backup/.foobar succeed?
