How Do You Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on a Linux Guest Server when the Files Are All Missing From the .iso?

Problem scenario:  You are trying to install Guest Additions on a Linux server.  You mount the CD/DVD/.iso through Oracle VirtualBox to /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions.  On the host virtual server the /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions (the directory where the CD/DVD/.iso was mounted) has no files.  You try to unmount the device and remount the device.  But you see no files. You are unable to run "./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run" because the file is not where it should be.  What do you do to solve this problem?

Solution
Reboot the Linux server.  Mount the device again (e.g., with a command like this "mount /dev/cdrom /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions").

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