Mavericks won't install

Hello
I have a problem with my Macbook Pro Retina from 2012. I downloaded Mavericks yesterday and installed it immediately. It ran smoothly but when I shut the Mac down it took approximately 1 minute before it was turned of. Approximately 5-10 times slower than on Os x ML. I was recommended to try format my drive and reinstall it again. I followed the instructions from apple.com where I formated the drive and after that reinstalled Mavericks. Now it runs throug like it normally do when installation but when the time remaining gets down to about 2-5 minutes the installation shuts down and I am directed back to the main menu where I can choose between Time Machine, Reinstall Mavericks, Help through Safariand Disk Utility.
Does anybody have any suggestions on what I can do about it? Because of the formation I cannot log into the system. When I start my Mac it starts up in installation/repair mode.

If this is any help I have archivated a log file with some errors. I am not a hardcore computer user so I need a little help to understand what it mens. So far I haven't been able to succesfully reinstall Mac OS X Mavericks all though I got a new message last time I tried saying something about Apple Store connection.
It would be much appreciated if someone could help me get OS X back on my Macbook - if possible.
Oct 23 10:32:25 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: @(#)PROGRAM:Install PROJECT:Install-845
Oct 23 10:32:25 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: @(#)PROGRAM:IA PROJECT:InstallAssistant-467.1
Oct 23 10:32:25 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Hardware: MacBookPro10,2 @ 2.50 GHz (x 4), 8192 MB RAM
Oct 23 10:32:25 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Running OS Build: Mac OS X 10.9 (13A603)
Oct 23 10:32:25 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Env: DYLD_NO_FIX_PREBINDING=1
Oct 23 10:32:25 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Env: __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x0:0:0
Oct 23 10:32:25 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Env: PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
Oct 23 10:32:25 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Env: PWD=/
Oct 23 10:32:25 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Env: SHLVL=1
Oct 23 10:32:25 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Env: __OSINSTALL_ENVIRONMENT=1
Oct 23 10:32:25 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Env: CI_DEFAULT_OPENCL_USAGE=0
Oct 23 10:32:25 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Env: OS_INSTALL=1
Oct 23 10:32:25 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Env: _=/System/Library/CoreServices/Language Chooser.app/Contents/MacOS/Language Chooser
Oct 23 10:32:25 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Env: __CHECKFIX1436934=1
Oct 23 10:32:26 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: OSInstallChunkedDownload loaded...
Oct 23 10:32:26 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: OSInstallChunkedDownload loaded...
Oct 23 10:32:26 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: LSExceptions [0x7f8233e41ca0] loaded
Oct 23 10:32:26 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Checking Software Update catalog URL https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-10.9-mountainlion-lion-sn owleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog.gz
Oct 23 10:32:26 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Can not connect to /var/run/systemkeychaincheck.socket: No such file or directory
Oct 23 10:32:27 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Could not add SWU product
Oct 23 10:32:30 philips-mbp Unknown[357]: 2013-10-23 10:32:30.913 Install OS X Mavericks[799:9903] Couldn't find app store version, falling back to hardcoded
Oct 23 10:32:32 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Using product <IAPisaSource: 0x7f8233d13e20> at distance 25
Oct 23 10:32:32 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Using product <OSInstallESDProduct> based on distribution at /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T/OSInstall_AppStore.mpkg at distance 5
Oct 23 10:32:32 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: JS: installCheckScript threw exception TypeError: 'null' is not an object (evaluating 'my.target.systemVersion')
Oct 23 10:32:32 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: No available package ref for compatibility update. Ignoring.
Oct 23 10:32:36 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: LSExceptions [0x7f8233e41ca0] unloaded
Oct 23 10:32:36 philips-mbp Unknown[357]: 2013-10-23 10:32:36.339 Install OS X Mavericks[799:2103] ERROR: write-response is unable to open the file /var/root/Library/Caches/com.apple.InstallAssistant.Mavericks/fsCachedData/8529 AA7E-5538-4020-AAEF-90BEB78CB523. Errno: 28
Oct 23 10:32:36 philips-mbp Unknown[357]: 2013-10-23 10:32:36.340 Install OS X Mavericks[799:2103] ERROR: failed to write cached response to /var/root/Library/Caches/com.apple.InstallAssistant.Mavericks. Falling back to old persistent store mechanism.
Oct 23 10:32:36 philips-mbp Unknown[357]: 2013-10-23 10:32:36.343 Install OS X Mavericks[799:2103] ERROR: write-response is unable to open the file /var/root/Library/Caches/com.apple.InstallAssistant.Mavericks/fsCachedData/5497 5E10-29DD-4190-A10C-C7CD3F25CF46. Errno: 28
Oct 23 10:32:36 philips-mbp Unknown[357]: 2013-10-23 10:32:36.343 Install OS X Mavericks[799:2103] ERROR: failed to write cached response to /var/root/Library/Caches/com.apple.InstallAssistant.Mavericks. Falling back to old persistent store mechanism.
Oct 23 10:32:48 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Created IATool object:365ee5e0
Oct 23 10:32:48 philips-mbp Unknown[357]: 2013-10-23 10:32:48.727 Install OS X Mavericks[799:1003] Persistent UI failed to open file file:///var/root/Library/Saved%20Application%20State/com.apple.InstallAssistant .Mavericks.savedState/window_3.data: No such file or directory (2)
Oct 23 10:32:49 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: No available package ref for compatibility update. Ignoring.
Oct 23 10:32:49 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Preventing machine sleep.
Oct 23 10:32:49 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Using product IA_PKSecureNetEnabledProduct <file:///Volumes/Macintosh%20HD/OS%20X%20Install%20Data/> at distance 5
Oct 23 10:32:49 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Using mutable product path: /Volumes/Macintosh HD/OS X Install Data
Oct 23 10:32:49 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: No available package ref for compatibility update. Ignoring.
Oct 23 10:32:49 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: No available package ref for compatibility update. Ignoring.
Oct 23 10:32:49 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: No available package ref for compatibility update. Ignoring.
Oct 23 10:32:49 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Retrieving 1 packages (5.291 GB)
Oct 23 10:42:55 philips-mbp Unknown[357]: 2013-10-23 10:42:55.725 Install OS X Mavericks[799:303] *** WARNING: Method userSpaceScaleFactor in class NSWindow is deprecated on 10.7 and later. It should not be used in new applications. Use convertRectToBacking: instead.
Oct 23 10:43:34 philips-mbp Unknown[357]: 2013-10-23 10:43 Install OS X Mavericks[799] (CarbonCore.framework) FSEventStreamStart: ERROR: FSEvents_connect() => Unknown service name (1102)
Oct 23 10:43:34 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Connection to sharingd became invalid
Oct 23 10:43:34 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Connection to sharingd became invalid
Oct 23 10:43:34 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Connection to sharingd became invalid
Oct 23 10:43:34 philips-mbp Unknown[357]: 2013-10-23 10:43:34.563 Install OS X Mavericks[799:892f] Metadata.framework [Error]: couldn't get the client port
Oct 23 10:43:34 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: Folder Manager is being asked to create a folder (docs) while running as uid 0
Oct 23 10:43:35 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: CoreServices logging is enabled,
Oct 23 10:43:35 philips-mbp Install OS X Mavericks[799]: SFL Favorites initialized.

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