A to Z instructions on using networked drive for TM

I've spent a great deal of time over the course of the last three days trying to get TM working on three laptops backing up to an external HD connected via FW to a Mac Mini. At various times I'm getting "volume can't be mounted", "image can't be mounted", and (if I'm not mistaken) some other errors as well. These don't make sense to me because I can invariably see the backup drive from the laptops giving me these error messages. I just can't figure out what's going on. I also seem to be unable to unmount the backup drive from the Mini...I'm always told that the drive is in use, even if it doesn't appear that anything is going on. Even if I reboot the Mini, as soon as it's back up I can't unmount the drive.
is there someplace I can get A to Z instructions on how to make this setup work? There's nothing about what I'm trying to do that should be so difficult, is there? It would be great if the sought after instructions advised me on how to handle the fact that three of the four computers that will be backing up to the drive are wireless (I'll also back up the Mini to the same HD), including what's advised for the first backup.
This feels like a very "un Apple" like experience. I was sure that it would be a snap, but I feel a bit like I'm back in Windows ****. Thanks much!

Any additional thoughts on what to do here? Should I reformat the drive and try again? Do I need to run some code from Terminal? Give up on TM?
Thanks!

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You may find some "hacks" that might make it work, in some cases, to a degree. But use them at your own risk.
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Second, you're risking a future update preventing it from working, and perhaps rendering your backups useless.
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