Board not found when trying to flash mesa

Hi,

I am trying to flash my mesa 7i96s so that it can work with my 7i85. 

When I use the command 'mesaflash --device 7i96s --addr 10.10.10.10 --dbname3 7i85s --readhmid' I am getting a read out from the board (the pin funcs under 7i85d say "none". But when I use the command 'sudo mesaflash --device 7i96s --write 7i96s_7i85d.bit' mesaflash is saying "No 7I96S board found".

Does anyone know what is going on here? Thank you.

You always need to supply the IP address with Ethernet cards:

mesaflash --device 7i96s --addr 10.10.10.10 --write 7i96s_7i85d.bit --reload

(you also do not need sudo with Ethernet cards)

Oh gosh. That was a goofy mistake I made, thank you. 

Now I am getting the error '.bit file not found'. I also tried the .bin extension and got a similar error... There is a list of the possible files somewhere online right?

Mesaflash needs the firmware file to be in the current directory (or be given a valid pathname)
Note: 7I96 uses .bit files, 7I96S uses.bin files

The firmware files can be downloaded from mesa's store
in the specifications tab. This zip file contains currently available
firmware for the card.

The actual firmware files are in the zipfile in /configs/hostmot2/
 

That worked thank you!