Installation stuck now for four hours at "less than one minute remaining"

I've seen this occasionally, but using a full OS X installer, I've now been stuck at the<1 minute mark for several hours. I'm going to give it through the night, but I've often not seen this resolve. Should I continue?

Press and hold the power button for a few seconds until the power shuts off, then release, wait a few more seconds, and press it again briefly to restart.

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