Host OS: CentOS 5.3
Workstation: 7
VM1: Vista Ultimate SP2, debug kernel enabled and booted, has serial port setup on COM1
VM2: XP SP2, has serial port setup on COM1
Serial Connection: named pipe: /tmp/<socket>

-Vista config:
--Connected: yes
--Connected at power on: yes
--Use socket: /tmp/<socket>
--From: Server
--To: Virtual Machine

-XP config:
--Connected: yes
--Connected at power on: tes
--Use socket: /tmp/<socket>
--From: Client
--To: Virtual Machine

I have been trying, unsuccessfully, to connect to Vista via a simulated serial connection from XP. I am able to verify that the serial connection is working properly. I used Windows Power Shell (Vista) and HypeTerminal (XP) to insure that Vista can send data to XP.

The problem I am having is quite simply that I cannot make WinDbg connect to Vista so that I can debug it remotely. I have tried starting WinDbg, booting the Vista vm into the debug kernel, and then trying to make WinDbg connect to the remote debugger. I have tried connecting every which way to the Vista vm after is has fully booted. I have tried starting WinDbg as a server on Vista and then connecting to it as a client on XP. I have tried making the serial connection connect to an application on both ends as well as on one end or the other.

Some of the connect commans I have used with WinDbg:

From XP to Vista:
windbg -b -k com:port=com1,baud=115200,channel=com1
windbg -b -k com:port=1,baud=115200,channel=1
windbg -b -k npipe:server=VISTA1,pipe=\\.\com1
windbg -b -k npipe:server=VISTA1,pipe=com1

All of these commands either result in "The network path specified was not found" or "Access denied". When I use the Browse Remote Servers dialog and enter VISTA1, I get the same errors as trying on the command line.

Is there something extra I must do to make this work on Workstation 7? Am I missing something in everything I've read? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Vadtec