How long does it take to actually install Lion?

I have a first gen 27 inch iMac - the one with the Thunderbolt ports.  I booted an external hard drive off of my main computer (the external is running 10.68 or whatever the latest is) and downloaded the install app from the App store and started the process.  It's been going for the last 10 hours or so.  There is a progress line but it says 8 hours and 43 minutes remaining, 8 hours and 44 minutes remaining, 8 hours and 45 minutes remaining . . . you get the idea.  I've read other posts saying people took only like 45 minutes or they had to run the installation like overnight.  Should I quit and I start over again?  I really don't care if I screw things up since this is only a "test" external hard drive and there's nothing of importance on it.

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