diff --git a/externalLinks b/externalLinks
index 9208a2d..99b3124 100755
--- a/externalLinks
+++ b/externalLinks
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 version () {
     echo '$Author: zimoch $' >&2
-    echo '$Date: 2013/12/05 15:30:27 $' >&2
-    echo '$Revision: 1.15 $' >&2
+    echo '$Date: 2015/03/11 10:54:35 $' >&2
+    echo '$Revision: 1.16 $' >&2
     echo '$Source: /cvs/G/EPICS/App/scripts/externalLinks,v $' >&2
     exit 1
 }
@@ -99,10 +99,14 @@ function expandFile () {
     echo "FILENAME $CONVERT" 
     cat $CONVERT
   fi
-  MAINDBD=$INSTBASE/iocBoot/R${EPICS}/dbd/base.dbd
+  MAINDBD=/usr/local/epics/base-${EPICS}/dbd/softIoc.dbd
   if [ ! -r $MAINDBD ]
   then
-    echo "can't find $MAINDBD" >&2
+    MAINDBD=$INSTBASE/iocBoot/R${EPICS}/dbd/base.dbd
+  fi
+  if [ ! -r $MAINDBD ]
+  then
+    echo "can't find base.dbd or softIoc.dbd" >&2
     exit 1
   fi
   echo "FILENAME $MAINDBD base"