Initial commit

* .gitignore: Ignore emacs backup files
* README.org: Add preliminary plan, with a few more details
* balg02.scm: Placeholder file that will become guix operating-system configuration for balg02

.gitignore

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+# Emacs
+*~

README.org

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+#+TITLE: Guix North America
+#+AUTHOR: Collin J. Doering
+
+#+begin_abstract
+This repository contains setup and management instructions for a Guix North American Build
+Farm.
+#+end_abstract
+
+* Install Guix on debian to be used to bootstrap the Guix os installation
+
+Following the [[https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Binary-Installation.html][Binary Installation]] section from the Guix manual to install guix.
+
+#+begin_src shell
+  sudo apt update -y
+  sudo apt install -y guix
+#+end_src
+
+This installs the Debian's packaged version of Guix, which likely is older then what's
+available upstream. As such, update our installation of Guix (following the [[https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Upgrading-Guix.html][Updating Guix]]
+documentation specific to foreign distros').
+
+#+begin_src shell
+  sudo -i guix pull
+  sudo systemctl restart guix-daemon.service
+#+end_src
+
+* Define Guix operating-system for the machine
+
+See: [[file:balg02.scm][balg02.scm]]
+
+* Bootstrap Guix
+
+Using Guix on debian, bootstrap the machine using the configuration in [[*Define Guix operating-system for the machine][Define Guix
+operating-system for the machine]].
+
+* Modify grub config on debian to add an additional (and default) option to chainload Guix grub
+
+- Add a menuitem for Guix in ~/etc/grub.d/40_custom~
+- Modify ~/etc/default/grub~ setting ~GRUB_DEFAULT=<n>~ where ~<n>~ is the menu item number,
+  starting from 0.

balg02.scm

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+;; (C) Copyright Collin J. Doering 2024
+;;
+;; This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+;; (at your option) any later version.
+;;
+;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+;; File: balg02.scm
+;; Author: Collin J. Doering <collin@rekahsoft.ca>
+;; Date: Feb 24, 2024
+