Migrating mysql databases - HELP

Hello,
i have worked with mssql for years, but now working on a migration project with MySQL to migrate between servers.

However the db in question is about 16gb.

I created a db in plesk and in phpmyadmin, i tried to import it. But get a timeout error.

So in the sql panel, i tried to run the scripts, which i opened in notepad and it just keeps looping.

  1. How on earth do you successfully migrate such a large MYsql db ?
  2. Where do i find the php.ini file to increase the import size of a db from 2mb to 16 or more

thanks
Ehi