When I boot KNOPPIX 3.3 I says:
Searching for CD ROM dev/scd0 then freezes.

When I boot DAMN SMALL LINUX it finds the disk then it spits out all this stuff in white text like 3 screen fulls then says:
Kernel Panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel then stops.

For both I am using boot floppies.
Anyone know how to get this working?

I have gotten Knoppix - STD working.

Just incase this is important:
Dell Dimension 4550
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHZ
256MB DDR Ram
Internal Floppy Drive
Internal NEC DVD+RW ND-1100A