sqlite error: disk I/O error

[Michael_google gmail_Gersten]

> I've had good luck with smartmontools (available from MacPorts ;-) ).

oh, that's nice. Now,

Device: IOService:/MacRISC2PE/pci at f4000000/AppleMacRiscPCI/ata-6 at D/AppleKauaiATA/ATADeviceNub at 0/AppleATADiskDriver/IOATABlockStorageDevice,
4 Offline uncorrectable sectors

Does this mean that my internal drive is failing?

And does it not test USB drives?