OK, belatedly, some quite basic stuff:
The eSATA slot is /dev/sda
The mini-SD card device is /dev/sdc
When there are no USB devices connected to the Guruplug, the first device connected (in either slot) becomes /dev/sdd. A second USB device becomes /dev/sde.
I haven't tested all possible combinations of having devices dis/connected, but this should be a start. On the Sheevaplug the (full size) SD card is /dev/mmcblk0 (and partitions are /dev/mmcblk0p1 and /dev/mmcblk0p2; on the Guruplug it's more conventional.