Please, be more explicit. I just tested gparted (on my system, not on the livecd) and I have a submenu 'Format to' to change the filesystem type, which obviously needs to destroy the partition.
What you mean is the partition type, the byte which is just an info for partition managers ? Or the filesystem type which is on the partition ? -- Can't edit partitions without adding and removing https://launchpad.net/bugs/51400 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs