USB flash drives from the manufacturer, not even identifiable in a unique way

I often buy handle USB flash drives when they are on sale. Readers differ only by serial number. If I have several USB flash drives plugged into the host (LINUX Xubuntu 11.10) I have no way of knowing which drive is which, when I want to connect (disconnect from the host and connect to the virtual computer) at the prompt. Devices simply show the disc by manufacturer name. Also if I have a USB drive connected to a virtual computer and insert a second identical disc it is automatically attributed to this same guest VM, which presents the problem backwards. Can I be sure which drive I delete.

There must be a way to identify devices. Because all operating systems allow discs to be named or labeled could we not have the name of the label or label/manufacturers to identify the USB devices. In the heat of the action to remove the incorrect device could easily result in loss of data.

A feature on your status request is open. Thanks for your good suggestion!

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