Canefan - The reason for all the different root guides is because when we first figured out how to do it we only had access to it through an adb shell, and then we had to use adb to make it local on the DROID. The newer guides with the 2.0.1 update W/ root exploit built in are the best ones to use, and all you need to do is copy the .zip to your sdcard (make sure it is named update OR update.zip if you show file extensions on your computer) then hold x and power when turning your DROID on, when you see the yellow triangle you just hit volume up and half click the camera button at the same time. When you see some options appear use the dpad to select apply update.zip, after it is done you can reboot.
Next step is to get the droidroothelper app which should be in the big 2.1 thread or somewhere on alldroid.org, after you finish flashing everything from it then you can put 2.1 on your DROID, personally I think the first release of it is the most stable, from there you can apply whatever fixes you need to it (keyboard backlight, paid apps, animated wallpapers etc etc). The big 2.1 thread has most of this stuff in pages 4-7, and instructions to fix the keyboard backlight. You will need the Android SDK to use ADB, you use it from cmd which I imagine you know what that is. Do some browsing of the big 2.1 thread and you should find all your answers, anything else shoot me a PM or post in that thread.
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