diff --git a/pkg/block/block_linux.go b/pkg/block/block_linux.go
index a540eaf2..8250b6cc 100644
--- a/pkg/block/block_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/block/block_linux.go
@@ -193,7 +193,9 @@ func diskWWN(paths *linuxpath.Paths, disk string) string {
 // diskPartitions takes the name of a disk (note: *not* the path of the disk,
 // but just the name. In other words, "sda", not "/dev/sda" and "nvme0n1" not
 // "/dev/nvme0n1") and returns a slice of pointers to Partition structs
-// representing the partitions in that disk
+// representing the partitions in that disk. If a disk has no partitions,
+// it returns information on the disk instead, but the Partition UUID is set
+// to the empty string (since there isn't one.)
 func diskPartitions(ctx *context.Context, paths *linuxpath.Paths, disk string) []*Partition {
 	out := make([]*Partition, 0)
 	path := filepath.Join(paths.SysBlock, disk)
@@ -222,6 +224,23 @@ func diskPartitions(ctx *context.Context, paths *linuxpath.Paths, disk string) [
 		}
 		out = append(out, p)
 	}
+	// this is a disk with no partitions on it.
+	// Consider the filesystem on the disk to be a partition.
+	if len(out) == 0 {
+		size := partitionSizeBytes(paths, disk, "")
+		mp, pt, ro := partitionInfo(paths, disk)
+		du := diskPartUUID(ctx, disk)
+		p := &Partition{
+			Name:       disk,
+			SizeBytes:  size,
+			MountPoint: mp,
+			Type:       pt,
+			IsReadOnly: ro,
+			UUID:       du,
+		}
+		out = append(out, p)
+
+	}
 	return out
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/snapshot/clonetree.go b/pkg/snapshot/clonetree.go
index 97308031..c31ef341 100644
--- a/pkg/snapshot/clonetree.go
+++ b/pkg/snapshot/clonetree.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package snapshot
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"io/fs"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ func copyFileTreeInto(paths []string, destDir string, opts *CopyFileOptions) err
 			}
 		} else {
 			trace("    copying file: %q -> %q\n", path, destPath)
-			if err := copyPseudoFile(path, destPath); err != nil {
+			if err := copyPseudoFile(path, destPath); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrPermission) {
 				return err
 			}
 		}