they'll be installed to the same place: dev_hdd0/game . all packages aside from certain custom ones install there regardless of location installed from. as for your issue, I'm not sure what could be wrong unless the ports are failing or something.
went into hdd off usb though multi man but same issue it wouldn't install it so there is a ghost in the machine thanks for your help
pkg - psnstuff-3.07-with-updated-database-2021 on pc - is what i was using without issues until today
not sure, I've never used that app or even know what it does really. it could be a corrupted pkg. if the sha-1 doesn't return the same as the pkg, it will error at like 14%.
dont know why the way changed to install ps1 pkg but it did fixed now after going to install package files had use the option play station network content Thanks for your help