SuSE 9.1 & floppy

Hello, Strange : I moved from SuSE 9.0 to 9.1 and I can't format a floppy anymore. The icon "My computer" shows the content of a floppy but kformat doesn't work. I tried with a mounted and an unmounted floppy but with the same result : the floppy drive doesn't start. As it is much to frustrating to switch to Wondiwn 2000, I'd like to know the trick ... Thanks in advance, Jean-Marie