setup-storage: disklabel doesn't work

[Jens Rosenboom]

If I try to setup a machine with a disk that does not yet
have a disklabel, setup-storage fails because it tries to
read the partition information before doing anything else:

(CMD) parted -s /dev/sdb unit TiB print 1> /tmp/RxZP0stOAz 2> /tmp/xTFpbhiKer
Executing: parted -s /dev/sdb unit TiB print
Command parted -s /dev/sdb unit TiB print had exit code 1
INTERNAL ERROR in setup-storage:
Table header not seen yet
Please report this error to the Debian Bug Tracking System.
(STDOUT) Error: /dev/sdb: unrecognised disk label

The config file includes something like:

disk_config disk2 disklabel:msdos

but it never seems to get to the place where the disklabel 
would be written.
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