Freezing when trying to remote install

I can't successfully complete a remote install of my installation disk because every time I have less than an hour left (I'm doing it over wireless so it takes awhile) the pinwheel on the airbook starts spinning and it freezes at whatever time it has left. Because I have to abort the installation, I can't even access the hard drive anymore - I just get a folder with a question mark when I turn the computer on.

loniboni,
The folder with the question mark would indicate that the boot sequence cannot find a valid operating system to boot to, as it's failing on the remote install. A couple things...
1.) Is it always failing at the same point during the install? Try it again, but bring up the installer log (Command + L key) during the install. Change the view option drop down box to "show everything." Be curious to see if it's failing a specific point (or file).
2.) How reliable is your WiFi network? From my experience, on my own Air is that my connection can sometimes be a little "bursty" (for lack of a better word) due to outside interference. At times for whatever the reason I'll get a very slow connection only to immediately ramp up to a very fast connection and back again. It's possible that some packet loss on the installer would occur here and cause the whole process to time out and fail.
Do you have access to a USB to Ethernet adapter? Do you have access to the Super Drive? Or to an Apple Retail Store? Taking the slower (and potentially problematic) WiFi connection out of the equation might really be the best end result.

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