I broke it and I know it. Can't recover iMac

I broke my new-to-me iMac (21.5", mid 2011, Lion). I had turned on FileVault just to see what it was about, then I turned it off just to see the process. That wouldn't be so bad, but then I decided to try to reinstall OS X before it finished decrypting. Something went haywire in the process and now I can't get it to recover. I can use the cmd+r to get into the Mac OS X Utilities, but I can't erase the drive (Couldn't unmount disk). If I select Reinstall MAC OS X, it doesn't see a drive to install to. It just sees the 650MB Recovery HD.
Before I did all this I was able to do the recovery when I first started playing with it.
What are my options? There is no data to recover, so any viable option is possible.

I think I solved it. In Disk Utility I was able to click on the untitled drive, unmount, and then erase. Then the recovery could see it.
This is my first deep dive into a Mac, so I'm learning.

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extra is up to date
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[chris: /etc/pacman.d]$
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