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49.試用可開機的含軟體工具組隨身碟進行種畜選育

黃鈺嘉、李世昌、賴永裕、顏念慈、林德育、廖仁寶、吳明哲

行政院農業委員會畜產試驗所

以兩種不同Linux套件，Ubuntu 7.04及Slackware12.0製作可開機的USB隨身碟，並安裝MATVEC, Octave, PEST, VCE及R語言等常用的育種軟體，嘗試使USB隨身碟成為便捷的隨身育種工具組。測試6種以上不同主機板電腦，結果發現製成的工具組套件若能完成開機，即可順暢運作，並讀出“宿主”硬碟中的育種資料(如文字型態檔案)，但現階段製成的USB隨身碟仍無法順暢於各種不同的電腦開啟。以USB隨身碟開機後，測試原來應用於現場的Microsoft Office 2000 Excel 種豬選拔指數運算表及乳牛評分表，則均可於Linux 版 的Open Office-Calc下開啟並自動轉換原來編寫的函數，初步結果顯示USB隨身碟除了可提供便捷的育種資料貯存外，亦有可能發展成獨立的隨身育種工具組。

關鍵語：USB隨身碟、育種工具組、可開機

Pilot study of USB bootable flash disk with software kit use in the animal breeding practice

Y. C. Huang, S. C. Lee, Y. Y. Lai, N. T. Yen, D. Y. Lin, R. B. Liaw and M. C. Wu

Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan

From the idea of Self-Sufficient and Sustainable System (SSS) prototype to solve computer problems brought up by Supat Faarungsang, two Linux Distribution Releases, Ubuntu 7.04 and Slackware 12.0, installed into flash disks. The flash disks, with Octave, Matvec, PEST, VCE and R language installed, were tried to be an independent animal breeder’s tool kit.  Six different personal computers were tested.  If USB flash disk is bootable in the tested personal computer, the Linux system can operate smoothly and breeders can manage his breeding data files(for example, Text data file) in the hosted machine .  Testing two Microsoft Office 2000 Excel files, performance table for swine on farm test and cow type classification score, the Linux open office in USB stick can open the breeding data files and transform the existed mathematic functions of the files.  From this pilot study, results showed USB bootable flash disk not only can use in mass animal breeding data storage but also can use as an independent tool kit for animal breeding and selection practice.

Key Words: USB flash disk, animal breeders’ tool kit, bootable