File system brain damage?

[Jim Diamond]

System: GL2-W3.6 on a 3130
Situation: Editing a previously-existing file whose name is 14 chars long,
	   using Unipress Emacs with backup-before-writing set.
Action: Attempt to save your file
Result: directory corrupted

Anyone have similar problems?  If so, short of turning off the emacs
backup feature, is there a fix?

Thanks.

			Jim Diamond
			zsd at pig.drea.dnd.ca