HT4848 I have Mountain Lion installed but it'll only create a recovery drive on Lion. What issue might I be having?

Thoughts?

As you have the installer on a DVD, you can do a trick that consists in formatting the hard drive, and then, install Mountain Lion.
First, make a backup of your files with Time Machine > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427 I recommend Time Machine because it will be easier to restore your files later.
Then, insert the DVD with Mountain Lion and hold the C key while your Mac is starting, so you will see a window with different options. Open Disk Utility, choose Macintosh HD in the sidebar, go to Erase tab and erase the drive.
After erasing the drive, you can install Mountain Lion. Close Disk Utility and install it. During the initial setup, it will ask you to restore your files, so plug the external drive with the backup and follow its steps. Note that PowerPC apps aren't compatible

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    12/12/12 1:03:26.000 AM kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=676[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID
    12/12/12 1:08:35.410 AM SubmitDiagInfo[682]: Cleaning up expired diagnostic messages database at path: /var/log/DiagnosticMessages/2012.11.12.asl
    12/12/12 1:08:44.915 AM storeagent[685]: CKSoftwareMap: waitUntilMapIsLoadedAndPerformBlock:onDispatchQueue: timed out waiting for mdSemaphore
    12/12/12 2:02:09.000 AM kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=698[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID
    12/12/12 3:00:52.037 AM GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[707]: -[KeystoneDaemon logServiceState] GoogleSoftwareUpdate daemon (1.1.0.3659) vending:
              com.google.Keystone.Daemon.UpdateEngine: 1 connection(s)
              com.google.Keystone.Daemon.Administration: 0 connection(s)
    12/12/12 3:00:52.037 AM GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[707]: -[KeystoneDaemon logServiceState] GoogleSoftwareUpdate daemon (1.1.0.3659) vending:
              com.google.Keystone.Daemon.UpdateEngine: 1 connection(s)
              com.google.Keystone.Daemon.Administration: 1 connection(s)
    12/12/12 3:00:52.000 AM kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=706[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID
    12/12/12 3:00:52.055 AM GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[707]: -[KSDaemonAdministration(PrivateMethods) ticketsAllowUninstallWithError:] KSDaemonAdministration system Keystone will not uninstall with active tickets.
    12/12/12 3:00:52.056 AM GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[707]: -[KeystoneDaemon logServiceState] GoogleSoftwareUpdate daemon (1.1.0.3659) vending:
              com.google.Keystone.Daemon.UpdateEngine: 1 connection(s)
              com.google.Keystone.Daemon.Administration: 0 connection(s)
    12/12/12 3:00:52.056 AM GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[707]: -[KeystoneDaemon logServiceState] GoogleSoftwareUpdate daemon (1.1.0.3659) vending:
              com.google.Keystone.Daemon.UpdateEngine: 2 connection(s)
              com.google.Keystone.Daemon.Administration: 0 connection(s)
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    12/12/12 3:00:52.068 AM GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[707]: -[KSCheckAction performAction] KSCheckAction checking 1 ticket(s).
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              <KSTicket:0x52a600
                        productID=com.google.Keystone
                        version=1.1.0.3659
                        xc=<KSPathExistenceChecker:0x529e90 path=/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/>
                        serverType=Omaha
                        url=https://tools.google.com/service/update2
                        creationDate=2010-06-26 06:10:43
              >
    Using server: <KSOmahaServer:0x52c4f0
              engine=<KSDaemonUpdateEngine:0x1829bc0>
              params={
                        EngineVersion = "1.1.0.3659";
                        ActivesInfo = {
                                  "com.google.Keystone" = {
                                            LastRollCallPingDate = 2012-12-11 08:00:00 +0000;
                                            LastActiveDate = 2012-12-12 08:00:51 +0000;
                                            LastActivePingDate = 2012-12-11 08:00:00 +0000;
                                  "com.google.macphotouploader" = {
                                            LastRollCallPingDate = 2012-12-11 08:00:00 +0000;
                        UserInitiated = 0;
                        IsSystem = 1;
                        OmahaOSVersion = "10.8.2_i486";
                        Identity = KeystoneDaemon;
                        AllowedSubdomains = (
                                  ".omaha.sandbox.google.com",
                                  ".tools.google.com",
                                  ".www.google.com",
                                  ".corp.google.com"
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    12/12/12 3:00:52.075 AM GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[707]: -[KSUpdateCheckAction performAction] KSUpdateCheckAction running KSServerUpdateRequest: <KSOmahaServerUpdateRequest:0x52cff0
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              url="https://tools.google.com/service/update2"
              runningFetchers=0
              tickets=1
              activeTickets=1
              rollCallTickets=1
              body=
                        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
                        <o:gupdate xmlns:o="http://www.google.com/update2/request" protocol="2.0" version="KeystoneDaemon-1.1.0.3659" ismachine="1">
                            <o:os platform="mac" version="MacOSX" sp="10.8.2_i486"></o:os>
                            <o:app appid="com.google.Keystone" version="1.1.0.3659" lang="en-us" installage="900" brand="GGLG">
                                <o:ping r="1" a="1"></o:ping>
                                <o:updatecheck></o:updatecheck>
                            </o:app>
                        </o:gupdate>
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              status=200
              tickets=1
              activeTickets=1
              rollCallTickets=1
              data=
                        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
                        <gupdate xmlns="http://www.google.com/update2/response" protocol="2.0" server="prod">
                            <daystart elapsed_seconds="52"></daystart>
                            <app appid="com.google.Keystone" status="ok">
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              <KSTicket:0x52cce0
                        productID=com.google.talkplugin
                        version=1.0.8.893
                        xc=<KSPathExistenceChecker:0x52cd20 path=/Library/Receipts/GoogleVoiceandVideo.pkg>
                        url=https://tools.google.com/service/update2
                        creationDate=2009-04-07 10:39:12
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              <KSTicket:0x52c5a0
                        productID=com.google.Keystone
                        version=1.1.0.3659
                        xc=<KSPathExistenceChecker:0x52a020 path=/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/>
                        serverType=Omaha
                        url=https://tools.google.com/service/update2
                        creationDate=2010-06-26 06:10:43
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              <KSTicket:0x528850
                        productID=com.google.macphotouploader
                        version=1.5.0.1425
                        xc=<KSLaunchServicesExistenceChecker:0x529e90 bundle=com.google.macphotouploader>
                        url=https://tools.google.com/service/update2
                        creationDate=2008-12-06 14:14:15
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              params={
                        EngineVersion = "1.1.0.3659";
                        ActivesInfo = {
                                  "com.google.Keystone" = {
                                            LastRollCallPingDate = 2012-12-12 08:00:00 +0000;
                                            LastActiveDate = 2012-12-12 08:00:51 +0000;
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                                            LastRollCallPingDate = 2012-12-11 08:00:00 +0000;
                        UserInitiated = 0;
                        IsSystem = 1;
                        OmahaOSVersion = "10.8.2_i486";
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                        AllowedSubdomains = (
                                  ".omaha.sandbox.google.com",
                                  ".tools.google.com",
                                  ".www.google.com",
                                  ".corp.google.com"
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              url="https://tools.google.com/service/update2"
              runningFetchers=0
              tickets=2
              activeTickets=0
              rollCallTickets=1
              body=
                        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
                        <o:gupdate xmlns:o="http://www.google.com/update2/request" protocol="2.0" version="KeystoneDaemon-1.1.0.3659" ismachine="1">
                            <o:os platform="mac" version="MacOSX" sp="10.8.2_i486"></o:os>
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                                <o:updatecheck></o:updatecheck>
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                                <o:updatecheck></o:updatecheck>
                            </o:app>
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              url="https://tools.google.com/service/update2"
              status=200
              tickets=2
              activeTickets=0
              rollCallTickets=1
              data=
                        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
                        <gupdate xmlns="http://www.google.com/update2/response" protocol="2.0" server="prod">
                            <daystart elapsed_seconds="53"></daystart>
                            <app appid="com.google.Keystone" status="ok">
                                <updatecheck status="noupdate"></updatecheck>
                            </app>
                            <app appid="com.google.macphotouploader" status="ok">
                                <ping status="ok"></ping>
                                <updatecheck status="noupdate"></updatecheck>
                            </app>
                        </gupdate>
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              com.google.Keystone.Daemon.Administration: 0 connection(s)
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