cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf).format(false)
          .numDataNodes(NUM_DATANODES).build();
      fsn = cluster.getNamesystem();
      FileSystem fs = cluster.getFileSystem();
      assertTrue("Filesystem corrupted after restart.",
                 files.checkFiles(fs, dir));
      final FileStatus newrootstatus = fs.getFileStatus(rootpath);
      assertEquals(rootmtime, newrootstatus.getModificationTime());
      assertEquals(rootstatus.getOwner() + "_XXX", newrootstatus.getOwner());
      assertEquals(rootstatus.getGroup(), newrootstatus.getGroup());