so I am going to be importing several mysql databases into a "fresh" server mysql install that already has 40 empty databases for some reason. my plan right now is to cp -R /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysql_backup (only in case the actions following this action fails) then go into phpMyAdmin to drop all the databases while logged in as the root mysql user(including mysql db). then mysql -uroot < new_databases.sql I'm just wondering if this will be okay.. my guess is that it might be okay.. but I usually second guess myself so I figured I would ask first. clayton