Each binary tarball contains the compiled binaries and documents of the Xen 3.0.3 community release, including: - the Xen 3.0.3 hypervisor compiled for the relevant arcitecture; - a Xen-enabled kernel based on kernel.org 2.6.16.29; - the host (dom0) tools used to control the hypervisor; and - the current documentation. Each tarball is essentially the complete set of outputs that would result from downloading the Xen source tree and typing "make dist". Once you unpack the tarball, you can install the software on your machine by doing the following: $ cd dist $ su - # sh ./install.sh After installation, you will still need to modify your grub.conf to enable booting xen. Typically this means adding an entry like title My Distro with Xen (2.6.16.29-xen_3.0.3.0) root (hd0,0) kernel /xen-3.0.3.0.gz module /vmlinuz-2.6.16.29-xen_3.0.3.0 ro root=/dev/ module /initrd-2.6.16.29-xen_3.0.3.0.img ... obviously replacing with the name of your root device.