Thank you for your quick answer!

On Tuesday 22 February 2005 14:27, Paul wrote:
> You will probably have to give a little more info.. What version of
> OOo are you using - I'm guessing that your on Linux (distro and
> version required)...

The device is a memory stick.

>
> My first guess would be to disable the 'auto create backup' in the
> tools>options to see if that works. You may also pay to double check
> the 'backup path' to ensure that this is still valid.

I don't get that error message while saving any document to my hard drive, and 
I didn't get that error message when I saved a new document to the usb 
device.

The files all belong to me, but the usb device belongs to root.  

It's mysterious

dennis tuchler

>
> Failing that - is it something to do with permissions (although this
> is unlikely since you can save a new document direct to the USB).
>
> Paul
>
> On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:14:37 -0600, Dennis J. Tuchler
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > When I try to save a document to a USB device, from which I loaded the
> > document for editing, I always get the error message "could not create a
> > backup copy".  I have no trouble saving new documents to the USB device. 
> > Nor do I have trouble using the cp command and copying the newer version
> > of the document from my hard drive to the USB device.  So, what's the
> > problem (and how do I fix it)?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > dj tuchler
> >
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