Just a note for anyone who comes across this report: it seems that the problem is also occurs on SuSE, 10.3-11.2 - "Any kernel at or above 2.6.28 fails to fdformat a floppy."
That has been reported on the fdutils list and now there is a thread on the kernel mailing list. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org