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