A problem which i cannot think of a solution for......

[Herr-Berbunch]

USB sticks won't work, the USB1.0 and 1.1 on older PCs with Win95 and 98 only handled interface devices such as keyboards and joysticks.

There may, I believe, be third-party drivers enabling a mass storage device to be used with 98. Google is your friend, but watch out for dodgy sites.

Floppies will work, but with some (if not all) patches you may run out of room before it's even spun up to full speed.

If CD-Rs don't work try this from MS -
Enable/disable UDF support

If you are using Windows 98 or Windows Me, change the UDF setting. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type msconfig in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. Click Advanced.
3. Click the Disable UDF File System option, and then click OK.
4. When you are prompted to restart your computer, click OK, and then click Yes.

If it makes no difference change it back again (or don't?).

Are you using the latest (?) drivers for the CD drive? Catch-22 here!

What's the problem with networking? Is there a network card or port on motherboard? RJ11 port for dial-up?

Good luck.