Error installing Lion

The Problem:
Every time I try to install my iMac booting form a Mac OS X Installer DVD gives me an error: Is not possible to install on this disc. Try to reinstall.
And now I can't install anything on it.
The facts:
I wanted to make a clean install of Lion, so I burned a DVD with the DMG inside Lion installer from the AppStore. When I ran the installer the process started and some download begins, the installer asked me to restart, and after restart the DVD started to install over Snow Leopard. But at some point during the process I killed the installer (I just quit) because it didn't ask what kind of install I wanted... so... I quit the installer, restart the iMac, format my HD to perform the clean install as usual, and tried again to install from the DVD. Now, the process start… then says "Installing" (progress bar)… and then gives me an error. I can't do anything now... I tried with my iMac's original installation DVD (MacOSX 10.6) and happens the same. I think the problem was to quit the installer, but I also think that if the menu bar was available the installer could handle it.
I'm a Mac user for years and this is the first time something like this happens to me. I'm thinking about trying to use Firewire and try to install it on target mode from my Macbook Pro. The HD seems OK, so is not a hardware problem.
Does anybody know how to solve this problem?
Thanks in advance!

For the record... I just restarted my iMac in target mode using a 800 Firewire cable from my MacBook Pro and I was able to install Lion without problems. Just as simple as that.
Anyway, the problem still seems very weird to me.

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