Serial port connection between windows 7 Host & Linux Guest

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codingfreak
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Serial port connection between windows 7 Host & Linux Guest

Post by codingfreak »

Hi,

Can I know how to add a serial port communication between Windows 7 Host machine to Centos running in Guest ?

Any pointers or previous articles would be of great help.
mpack
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Re: Serial port connection between windows 7 Host & Linux Gu

Post by mpack »

Connect the VM serial port to a named pipe on the host. See section 3.9 of the current [v4.2.8] user manual.
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