I am very new to this amanda system and am trying to run amrecover. 
here is what I start with:

[root@hccweb RECOVER]# /usr/sbin/amrecover -C DailySet1 -s hccweb
AMRECOVER Version 2.4.3. Contacting server on hccweb ...
220 hccweb AMANDA index server (2.4.3) ready.
200 Access OK
Setting restore date to today (2003-12-11)
200 Working date set to 2003-12-11.
200 Config set to DailySet1.
200 Dump host set to hccweb.
Trying disk / ...
Trying disk rootfs ...
Can't determine disk and mount point from $CWD '/var/tmp/RECOVER'
amrecover> sethost hccweb
200 Dump host set to hccweb.
amrecover> setdisk /etc
Scanning /var/tmp...
  RECOVER: skipping cruft directory, perhaps you should delete it.
200 Disk set to /etc.
amrecover> add syslog.conf
Added /syslog.conf
amrecover> extract
 
Extracting files using tape drive file:/backup/ on host localhost.
The following tapes are needed: DailySet109
 
Restoring files into directory /var/tmp/RECOVER
Continue [?/Y/n]? Y
 
Extracting files using tape drive file:/backup/ on host localhost.
Load tape DailySet109 now
Continue [?/Y/n/t]? Y
EOF, check amidxtaped.debug file on localhost.
amrecover: short block 0 bytes
UNKNOWN file
amrecover: Can't read file header
extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 1
Continue [?/Y/n]? n
amrecover> exit
200 Good bye.

When I check the amidxtaped debug file this is what I get:

[root@hccweb amanda]# cat amidxtaped.20031211145718.debug
amidxtaped: debug 1 pid 3715 ruid 33 euid 33: start at Thu Dec 11
14:57:18 2003
amidxtaped: version 2.4.3
amidxtaped: time 0.000: > SECURITY USER root
amidxtaped: time 0.000: bsd security: remote host hccweb user root local
user amanda
amidxtaped: time 0.000: amandahosts security check passed
amidxtaped: time 0.000: > 6
amidxtaped: time 0.000: amrestore_nargs=6
amidxtaped: time 0.000: > -h
amidxtaped: time 0.000: > -p
amidxtaped: time 0.000: > file:/file1
amidxtaped: time 0.000: > ^hccweb$
amidxtaped: time 0.000: > ^/etc$
amidxtaped: time 0.000: > 20031210
amidxtaped: time 0.000: Ready to execv amrestore with:
path = /usr/sbin/amrestore
argv[0] = "amrestore"
argv[1] = "-h"
argv[2] = "-p"
argv[3] = "file:/file1"
argv[4] = "^hccweb$"
argv[5] = "^/etc$"
argv[6] = "20031210"
amrestore: could not stat file:/file1
amidxtaped: time 0.004: amrestore terminated normally with status: 2
amidxtaped: could not stat file:/file1
amidxtaped: time 0.004: could not stat file:/file1
amidxtaped: time 0.004: pid 3715 finish time Thu Dec 11 14:57:18 2003


any suggestions??