installing grub to empty harddisk

["G. Schlisio" <g.schlisio@xxxxxxxx>]

hi list,
i struggled to install grub into an empty hdd, which belongs to an other 
laptop with a broken cd drive and no usb boot option.
i tried to uso grub-install, but that didnt work.
how to install grub, so it works in the other laptop?
georg