diff --git a/obsolete-buildroot/sources/openwrt/root/rom/note b/obsolete-buildroot/sources/openwrt/root/rom/note
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d9934e45d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/obsolete-buildroot/sources/openwrt/root/rom/note
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+After firstboot has been run, /rom will contain the previous (squashfs) root
+* except when booted failsafe -- echo $FAILSAFE