MySQL 2006 error (HY000) on line 406: MySQL server quit - even after increasing the size of the dump file

I am trying to move a database from server A to server B. I dumped mysql using the following command:

mysqldump -u root -p -c --add-drop-table --add-locks --quick --lock-tables mydatabase > /var/log/mydatabaseJan31.sql

      

        
        
        
      

    

Then on ServerB I try to import this data by doing the following:

mysql -u root -p mydatabase < /tmp/mydatabaseJan31.sql

      

        
        
        
      

    

I get the error "ERROR 2006 (HY000) on line 408: MySQL server left" almost immediately. I've read other stackoverflow posts about the same error message and I've tried the following:

• modified my.cnf to include:

  [tuzdyshpr]
  fast
  max_allowed_packet = 64M

Then I restarted mysql. By the way, the file size is actually only 5.2mb

• tried to create a dump file using phpmyadmin.
• I don't think this is a timeout issue because it dies 2 seconds during the import process.

• I opened the mysql dump file and checked the line number it was bombing on and this is part of a massive insert statement that starts on line 43. I'm not sure if this is relevant, but line 406 starts with an incomplete line:

  line 402 ----> (341,1996,12, '

  (341, 1996, 12, "interior"), (341,1996,13, 'interior'), (341,1996,13, 'rear'), (341,1996,14, 'front')

but having said that all the previous records that get inserted look the same ... so I don't think that's the problem either.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.