Creating a BTRFS root filesystem

I'm trying to create a btrfs root filesystem following Richard Browns blog found here: https://rootco.de/2018-01-19-opensuse-btrfs-subvolumes/[1] but it seems that he missed a step or I can't follow directions. If I follow his recipe to the letter then no 1st snapshot is ever made and no default subvolume can be set. So, I omitted line 4 of step 4: and created a snapshot between his steps 6: & 7: btrfs subvol snapshot /mnt /mnt/@/.snapshots/1/snapshot After step 7: I am able to set the default subvolume, but I have the @ subvolume showing when I list the directory in step 8: Anyone have some pointers? Thanks. Mark -------- [1] https://rootco.de/2018-01-19-opensuse-btrfs-subvolumes/