panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to Kernel

[JeffO]

I've downloaded from a few different sites around the world (all English versions). There are two different ISOs, both dated the same day.
KNOPPIX_V3.2-2003-07-25-EN.iso
and
KNOPPIX_V3.2-2003-07-26-EN.iso
but both dated teh 27th. Each gives me the error on boot:
"Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel"
If the ISO is bad, all the current 3.2 mirrored ISOs are bad. I've tried these CDs on 8 different computers, from Dells and Gateways, to homebuilt clones. Makes no difference what I type to try to pass parameters to it.
Even failsafe has the same error.
This is not a bootable CD.
Hoping for the next (hopefully functional) version.