Cant Update Guest Additions

[adicse]

Hello friends,
Have been using virtual box for sometime now, but today I faced a wiered problem. I'll try to explain.
I have a separate partition to store virtual machines, so I dont have to reinstall all the virtual machines.
After installing Windows 8 (host), installed new virtual box 4.2.10 and got a message in RHEL (guest) to update the guest additions.
And when I click install guest additions (host+d), I expect the guest additions cd to be mounted and an autorun prompt as I got them earlier, but nothing this time.
Googled and tried as much as I can but I cant get the guest additions mounted. could not find anything on this forum, there are threads but they say to use autorun when clicked install guest additions.

Although there was a suggestion on a forum to recompile the kernels so the installation of guest addition wont be required,
recompiled successfully, but still get notification to update the guest additions
But I still want to know what is the problem and more desperately the solution.



Thanks

[loukingjr]

this isn't a solution to your problem but the only two times in years I had a guest refuse to mount the guest additions I just went here: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.10/ and downloaded the guest additions from the guest and ran them from there.

[adicse]

Thanks KingJr,
I get the iso mounted now and can resume my work.

Thanks once again

[loukingjr]

Thanks KingJr,
I get the iso mounted now and can resume my work.

Thanks once again

you're welcome.