I can't break when attaching to target machine in kernel debug mode

Question

I am starting a prototype including a Windows minifilter. I have set up my environment:

• a target Virtual Machine (actually 3: a Windows 7, 8 and 8.1)
• a ho

Answer 1

I solved my problem (I suck, therefore I am)

In a nutshell, here is how the two machines must be configured for kernel debugging.

A. Target machine (Hyper-V VM)

• Configure for kernel debugging (using msconfig is the easiest way) on serial COM1
• Configure Hyper-V machine to pipe COM1 to a named pipe (\.\pipe\debug for example)

B. Source machine (Hyper-V host hosting the target)

• Run WinDBG or VS in admin mode (that was my first mistake)
• Connect to named pipe with exactly the same name (\.\pipe\debug) (that was my second mistake, I thought the machine name had to be actual target name)

It works just fine, with a nice integration under Visual Studio 2013. Thanks to all those who answered (nobody)... And all others who read :)