Is it possible to burn mdf without using mds?

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Made an image of MOH:Rising Sun with Alcohol(first time) and its given me 3 files??? I kinda realise the .mds is like equivilant to .cue sheets and the .mdf is the image file, rite?
Well...either I screwed up somewhere along the line or....i screwed up somewhere along the line!! But the .mds file is not bringing up any info at all about the image, infact Alcohol refuses to recognise it.
Now my question is...can I still burn the .mdf without using the .mds? If so, wot image and file settings do I use? I've got options to change Block size and track format when opening the .mds file??

Oh...the third file produced was a .md0?? which is about 71megs?? wot the heck is that for??