USB Flash Disk is write protected and can't turn it off!

[Jerry Feldman]

Check how it is mounted. 
In SuSE 9.3, it is mounted automatically. 
I don't remember if 9.0 uses subfs or not. 

Was it mounted by root, or was it mounted ro?

On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 15:41:28 -0400
Bruce Labitt <bruce.labitt at verizon.net> wrote:

> I have a SuSE 9.0 system running and have recently upgraded KDE to 
> 3.4.2.  Just today I noticed that my USB key can no longer be written 
> to.  All files seem to be write protected.  There is a mechanical switch 
> on the side of the key which, duh, sets write protection.  Now before 
> you all say the switch is busted, just 10 minutes ago I checked it on my 
> old 'doze machine and it allows me to read and write to it.
> 
> It may be conincidental, but in the old KDE 3.1 I had no problem 
> recognizing and using the key,... well it was a little slow to recognize 
> it, but it worked.  Now that KDE is "new" there are a few things that no 
> longer work.
> 
> Anyways, anyone got some tips or things I can check on?  Please be 
> explicit with your instructions or suggestions as I'm a relative noob at 
> this.  I've only been dabbling with Linux for 5 years or so...

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