Why are the new ROME zen builds wanting Fat16 for the ESP?

You do not seem to be getting to the “if so many other people can use this why am I having so much trouble”. I don’t know that I am smart enough to help with that except to ask questions from my own experience like:

If I am having a problem understanding a thing is the problem with that thing or my approach to the problem?

Did I not do enough homework before attempting something new?

Am I overthinking the problem?

Am I treating this like it is Rocket Science when it is not?

Am I worrying to much about making a mistake instead of “just do it and learn”?

Am I asking the correct questions?

When people post something like this why am I not using that information?

Another common thing people do is to simply revert to some basic scientific problem solving list.