Writing to Cruzer?

I have the SanDisk Cruzer w/256m SD card showing up as an icon on my SuSE 8.0 desktop and when I look at properties it shows as available for writing by the local user -- but when I try to copy to it I get a write protect error. Went to Root and tried to change the permisisons and that was refused. I have checked and the switch on the SD card is in the correct position. Help? Thanks! doc -- Micro$soft-Free Computers: Desktop PC: Linux-SuSE 8.0 & StarOffice 6.0 Handheld PC/PDA: Sharp Zaurus 5000d w/Linux OS Better, faster, more secure, less costly, user upgradable. "And God said, let there be light ... "