I already have the feeling that you are trying to do most of the things by
yourself, which is great.
But don't give up. If you fail 10 times, try 11th time, with the hope of
succeeding, which is helping a lot.
Using guides are good, but sometimes outdated, or some critical parts aren't
explained well, if you have 2 x60s, if you have the time to spend, try using
one as your testing device, and try whatever test you can imaging, if you
follow a guide, try to change some steps in that guide which feels
convenient.
for example,
Guide: run this command with this parameters
You: run this command with other parameters and see what is happening, ah I
crashed it, so I start over with some other parameters, ...
