Resolved Sigh. (Lion Internet Recovery download failed)

i've never had issue before... gave lion internet recovery 2 hours download lion , re-install it. checked on @ start, , after 2 hours. times download were: 52 hours 2 minutes , 11 hours 49 minutes. since did not complete in reasonable amount of time, cancelled , shut down mba... boots internet recovery automatically, goes through 15-minute boot routine, tries install lion, fails, automatically reboots, ad infinitum. should format ssd in disk utility before trying again?

 

wrldwzrd89 said: ↑

i've never had issue before... gave lion internet recovery 2 hours download lion , re-install it. checked on @ start, , after 2 hours. times download were: 52 hours 2 minutes , 11 hours 49 minutes. since did not complete in reasonable amount of time, cancelled , shut down mba... boots internet recovery automatically, goes through 15-minute boot routine, tries install lion, fails, automatically reboots, ad infinitum. should format ssd in disk utility before trying again?

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do see os x boot partition if reboot while holding down option key? if shows up, select , should go.

 

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