Check out udev and set them up in the /etc/udev local file.  The Gentoo site 
has docs on udev with links to some good references.

On Sunday February 26 2006 15:12, daniel wrote:
> I have a number of USB devices.  Card Reader, Flash drive, iPod, Camera
> etc. But every time I plug in my CF reader My machine assigns a different
> id to it.  Sometimes it's /dev/sdb sometimes its /dev/sdg etc.  It seems to
> be based on the order in which I plug the devices in, or maybe the port
> used, or both, I'm not sure.
>
> What I'd like to know is how to plug it in and have it always get the same
> id. Is this even possible?  I just want my normal user to always be able to
> mount my flash drive without having to su to root to edit fstab first. 
> Auto mounting would be cool as well but isn't necessary.  I'm just trying
> to avoid hassle.
>
> Ideas? Suggestions?

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