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On 04/23/2015 07:23 AM, David Shaw via Syslinux wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure if this is related to the problem, but note the length
> in the "Ramdisk" line from grub legacy is one byte shorter than the
> length from grub2.  Also note that the length given in the "gzip
> image" line is shifted one byte to the left in the grub legacy
> version (i.e. it's exactly 0x100 times larger).
> 

That would definitely break using a compressed ramdisk.  And yes, this
is why the length is wrong.

This would be a Grub2 bug.

	-hpa