Lion reinstall shows -2,147,438,648 hours remaining

Trying to reinstall Lion, and it's been cooking for nearly 12 hours. It goes down to 3 minutes remaining, then jumps to -2,147,438,648 hours and X minutes (the X varies) remaining...then jumps back to 53 minutes remaining, and repeats. The progress bar is at 100%. This cycle keeps repeating. I'm reluctant to restart during an OS install! Any ideas? Or do I have a time machine that's bringing me back almost 245,000 years?

Thanks for the feedback, I allowed the install over 45 minutes to see if the time remaining would change but it did not. So I quit the install, rebooted, and then started the install over again two or three times. No luck, same issue. It's weird how others who have had this problem, it is the same exact number: -2,147,483,648 How has anyone who's experienced this issue gotten it resolved?

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