f_mountdrv

The f_mountdrv forces mounted the partition.

FRESULT f_mountdrv ();

Return Values

FR_OK

The function succeeded.

FR_NOT_READY

The disk drive cannot work due to no medium in the drive or any other reason.

FR_RW_ERROR

Any error occured in low level disk I/O.

FR_NOT_ENABLED

FatFs module has not been enabled.

FR_NO_FILESYSTEM

There is no valid FAT partition on the disk.

Description

The f_mountdrv mounts a partition (initializes FATFS structure) and put all file functions can be used. The file system is mounted (initialized) automatically in accordance with the necessity when any file function is called, so that any initialization is not needed before using file functions. To terminate use of the FatFs module, close all files and clear the global variable FatFs, then the FATFS structure can be discarded. In this function, following process is executed.

• Initializes lower level layer (disk I/O module).
• Searches a FAT boot record in order of sector 0 (as SFD format) and first primary partition (as FDISK format).
• Initializes file system object (FATFS structure).

References

FATFS