Considering that this was more than a decade ago, I'm pretty sure that this bug has been fixed by now.
During my DJ sessions (and while dabbling in digital audio files from a computer), I usually brought an old Sony Discman loaded with my best tracks on a burnt CD. Kept ready at moments notice in case disaster struck. Sadly crashes weren't uncommon at all in the bad old late 90s when consumer OSs were unstable crap.
I guess a smart phone could do that duty today, but you'll still need to have an adapter plugged into the mixer beforehand/ready to go to minimize disruption.
Not since they bravely killed off the headphone plug.
Two and a half songs in the MacBook died and wouldn't come up after reboot, and that was that.
Felt bad for them, but using a laptop as critical infrastructure is usually a bad idea.