Com Port Problem

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Hi Everyone
i am running debian on a windows xp host however when i try and enable com port one with the following settings
Port COM1
Portmode: Host Device
Port/File Path: \dev\ttyS0

when i try and start debian i get the following error.
Result Code : E_FAIL (0x80005005)

i have tryed all the settings possible
but can not get this to work
any help would be great.

thanks
shaun

[Perryg]

The information that goes in the guest settings is the host information. See screen shot below.
then in the guest
# dmesg | grep ttyS (to test the port.)

[Perryg]

This should be in the Windows host section and I am moving it there.

[fonts]

The information that goes in the guest settings is the host information. See screen shot below.
then in the guest
# dmesg | grep ttyS (to test the port.)

thanks heaps Perryg