Looks like I had an extra space in the recipe, and adding "d-i partman- basicmethods/method_only boolean false" also was required. Closing this bug.
** Changed in: partman-auto-lvm (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: eilt Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971608 Title: Unable to create blank lvm volume in preseed install To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/eilt/+bug/971608/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs