MAC MINI LION INTERNET RECOVERY PROBLEM
Hello,
I've bought new Mac Mini with Lion on board.
The history of my problem could be described by something like this:
I've bought Mac Mini with Lion.. After few days I decided to 'reinstall' it...so I've erased the Macintosh HD partition and I've reboted Mac Mini ( I didn't click to reinstall it in the same session)..Now I cannot recover it. After erasing the Mac HD partition I haven't click Reinstall It . I've reboted it...and now it is 'dead'.
So I've chosen the Internet Recovery option...but I doesn't work.
I tries to connect to Apple (probably)... and the remaining time shows .. It start with 30 minutes , but it increases to 24:00 hours and after that I get error.
Now i can't remember the error code but it for sure start with 2...
-260xF or -290xF ( x is the decimal number )
What is the cause of this? Why I cannot recover my Lion ? I've only erased the Macintosh HD partition. I never touched the Mac OS Base System partition
Does anyone has similar problem? I've spotted few people with error 1xxxF.
Please give me any advice about this problem.
ps. Can I download the Lion from Mac Store for free? ( because I bought Mac Mini ). I don't want to buy it fo 30$/30 Euro. Maybe I could create USB stick recover.
ps2. Can anyone from support answer my questions?
Thanks for answers.
Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.1)