installing in fusion on intel Mac - named pipe (socket file) problem

[tlovern]

I suspect this is a noob level problem, but:

trying to install OpenVMS on a Mac using Fusion.

In my vmx file I have this:

serial0.fileType = "pipe"
serial0.fileName = "/tmp/serial1"
serial0.pipe.endPoint="server"

on the mac side, in a terminal, I do this:

$ socat - UNIX-CONNECT:/tmp/serial1

and the output from the installation echos here, and continues after the installation stops echoing to the VM console.
My problem is that it appears to be output only, and anything I type is ignored.

the file "/tmp/serial1" exists, it is created by the VM, and is of type socket.

$ file /tmp/serial1
/tmp/serial1: socket

I know I'm missing something very basic and will feel incredibly humbled when it is pointed out.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[dmjb]

Use a telnet serial port instead of a named pipe. Follow this guide: https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMwar ... d-p/480346

[tlovern]

even though I think I tried this, it does appear to be working now, using Telnet...

thanks!