SUSE 10.0 and DVD Drive - Boot floppies

First time I've done a complete update of a Linux OS. Installed 10.0 to a clean new disk drive. I am having a problem where my DVD seems tp hang in a loop when trying to install software from YaSt or create a boot floppy (hangs at getting floppy image). Is anyone else having this problem. Both devices worked fine on SUSE 9.1. Also when I try to go back to 9.1 it dies. Is this because I did not update the boot floppies after my original 9.1 installation had some kernel upates (to 2.6 from 2.4)? Should you always update the boot floppies after a kernel update? Thanks in advance for any pointers!