Installing Lion on a Macbook Air

I successfully installed on my iMac. Then tried on my Macdook Air. The download paused and will not resume, even after a restart. Ideas?

Had no problems with my iMac and MBA install.
I'd try opening App Store on you MacBook Air, selecting 'Store' from the menu and hitting 'Check for unfinished downloads' which is at the bottom of the menu.
Hope this helps....

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I have a MacBook Air late 2011 still working with OS X Lion (actually OS X 10.7.4).
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